traelene beals “9am Friday” First‚ a formal case analysis - This should be written in a business style format using short paragraphs and sentences‚ self-explanatory headings‚ and any figures/tables that would facilitate reading. Reports are to be no longer than 2000 words (excluding appendices Issues to be addressed – No measures of productivity or efficiaency in the plant- no way of telling if the plant was doing a good job. Difficult demand forcasting due to seasonality of sales. 2 new
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transformation that Rogers’ Chocolate Company has undergone since its establishment. The paper also investigates competitive strategy of the company against its close competitors. Question 1 – What is competition like in the premium chocolate industry? Which of the five competitive forces is strongest? Which is weakest? What competitive forces seem to have the greatest effect on industry attractiveness and the potential profitability of new entrants? Competition in premium chocolate industries is based
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Synopsis The case of Cowgirl Chocolates is about a small chocolate producer‚ Cowgirl Chocolates‚ and the businesses owner/artist Marilyn Lysohir dilemma with how and why her business venture wasn’t profitable. Marilyn expresses her love for making award winning hot and spicy chocolates. She also discusses her hold up on different products‚ their packaging‚ and her disliking of using distributors. Marilyn doesn’t know why she isn’t making a profit‚ and the problem isn’t with her chocolates‚ it’s her
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Cowgirls Chocolates Case Marilyn Lysohir‚ an internationally famous ceramic artist‚ started Cowgirl Chocolates to provide some funding support for a yearly published arts magazine‚ High Ground‚ that she and her husband‚ Ross Coates started in 1995. Her love of chocolates and hot and spicy foods spurred the idea of making hot and spicy chocolates to be sold in creative‚ artistic tins and packaging‚ which she labeled as Cowgirl Chocolates. Her small business‚ begun in 1997‚ had won a number of awards
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Charles Chocolates Case Analysis In March of 2012 Steve Parkland was hired as the new president at Charles Chocolates. He was immediately faced with numerous decisions about the future of the company. The board of directors had tasked Parkland with doubling or tripling the size of the company over the next decade‚ but the board and the senior management team had different opinions about the strategy that would accomplish this goal. The main issues that Parkland faced were how to increase the company’s
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Case analysis for Rogers’ Chocolate 1. Competition forces The premium chocolate industry is having an intensive competition in Canada. As what Thompson has mentioned: “one important component of industry and competitive analysis involves delving into the industry’s competitive process to discover what the main sources of competitive pressure are and how strong each competitive force is” 2‚ Roger’s Chocolate is facing five competitive forces as demonstrated by Michael Porter 2: the rivalry among
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salient (or important) aspects of the chocolate confectionary industry‚ globally and domestically‚ that are critical for understanding a new product introduction of this type. Provide support for your conclusions. The objectives that Montreaux USA wants to achieve in the coming 3 years are national distribution of the new Montreaux product line‚ $15 million in annual sales‚ and to be within the top 25 in revenue. Accounting for 52.6% of the market‚ chocolate is the most profitable segment of the
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Cowgirl Chocolates Analysis Cowgirl chocolates are the design of Marilyn Lysohir and her husband‚ Ross Coates in 1997. Marilyn is a ceramicist and lecturer who is internationally known and has a successful ceramic art business. Ross is a sculptor and a professor of fine arts at a nearby University. As a labor of love‚ Marilyn and Ross began publishing a once-a-year arts magazine called High Ground. More a multimedia product than a magazine‚ the 600-copy production of this product does not pay
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Roger Williams Analysis Roger Williams writings in The Key into the Language of America reflected his nontraditional views of the Natives during his time. While most Englishmen in America viewed the Natives as “savages‚… wild men‚… barbarians‚… or heathens‚”(page 90) Williams “saw that the American Indians were no better or worse than the “rogues” who dealt with them‚ and that in fact they possessed a marked degree of civility.” (page89) The fact that he came to his conclusion by actually submerging
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Rogers Sporting Goods This is a family-owned retail store that sells fishing equipment‚ sporting and hunting gear. The store has been in existence for more than three decades now and the quality of their service keeps getting better. Their head offices are located in Missouri‚ USA. At Rogers Sporting goods‚ you can find all that you need for leisure and professional activities. The products that are featured include a variety of brands from different manufacturers. There are hunting equipment‚ archery
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