I. HP Background and Overview of The Case I.1 HP History After graduated as electrical engineers from Stanford University‚ Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard become close friends during a two-week camping trip‚ and they had an idea of having a business together.They did anything at the first time of having a business just to bring a nickel.They made a bowling alley foul-line indicator‚ a clock drive for a telescope‚ a thing to make a urinal flush automatically‚ and a shock machine to make people lose
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first true production capable printer to get your business in the production of digital printing. This printer produces face-trimmed saddled stitched booklets‚ catalogues‚ punched documents‚ square folded and trimmed manuals‚ tri-fold brochures‚ variable print postcards‚ direct mail‚ and photo specialty products. Due to the customer’s needs and the quality of prints customers demand‚ Alphagraphics needs a quality‚ reliable day-in‚ day-out‚ excellent performing printer that will last. Alphagraphics
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significant player in enterprise systems and HP in IT services business Wider spectrum of products for its clients through the merger Strong brand recognition‚ something that takes time to build Highly complimentary R&D Overlapping management Overlapping product lines Diluted interests in imaging and printing which were traditionally HP’s strengths Opportunity Threat The next IBM? (HP was looking to expand its services business through both organic and inorganic channels) Compaq
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part-time work in a garage with $538 in working capital. Bill ’s study of negative feedback results in HP ’s first product the resistance-capacitance audio oscillator (HP 200A)‚ an electronic instrument used to test sound equipment. The 40s HP´s products won excellent acceptance among engineers and scientists. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard create a management style that forms the basis of HP ’s famously open corporate culture and influences. They run the company according to the principle
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services known as an “industry”. An industry is thus a group of firms producing similar products or services. By similar products we mean products that consumer perceive to be substitutes for one another. Eg. Firms that produce PC’s such as apple‚ HP‚ IBM‚ Wipro‚ HCL‚ Although there are usually some differences among the competitors‚ each industry has its own set of “rules of combat” governing such issues as product quality‚ pricing and distribution. This is especially true in industries that
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Dot-matrix printers A Tandy 1000 HX with a Tandy DMP-133 dot-matrix printer Main article: Dot matrix printer In the general sense many printers rely on a matrix of pixels‚ or dots‚ that together form the larger image. However‚ the term dot matrix printer is specifically used for impact printers that use a matrix of small pins to create precise dots. The advantage of dot-matrix over other impact printers is that they can produce graphical images in addition to text; however the text is generally
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5. Were the changes initiated by Fiorina justified? At the time when Fiorina took over HP‚ she faced many problems‚ for instance stagnating technology‚ losing market share to competitors. Many expected her to help the company. She made many changes on structure and policies of the company. Although the overall outcomes of her changes are not as good as expected‚ the changes initiated by her were still justified because the situation of the company drove her focus more on outcome than people. One
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successful. HP – Compaq Case – As the PC‚ printing and services related to this and IT were changing fast because of customers and enterprise’s increased expectation from the manufacturer and service providers. The industry saw the biggest change from 1990 to 2000. In this period Dell became leader in PC space mainly using the the make to order concept and then dealing directly through their web site with the customers. And IBM was leader in high end high growth service related space. HP on the
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CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………….………11 REFRENCES…………………………………………………………………...…….……12 CASE SUMMARY GK Printers limited established as a small family company that specialized in printing business with a slogan of ‘No job too large o too small’. The company started with 20 employees including its owners‚ with reasonable income. However‚ the company started to lose their customer due to the new technology which was computerized printer that provided by new competitor in the market. Moreover‚ the recession started at
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Using 3D printers as production tools has become known in industry as “additive” manufacturing. The additive process requires less raw material and‚ because software drives 3D printers‚ each item can be made differently without costly retooling. The printers can also produce ready-made objects that require less assembly and things that traditional methods would struggle with—such as the glove pictured above‚ made by Within Technologies‚ a London company. It can be printed in nylon‚ stainless steel
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