Staples‚ Inc. became incorporated in 1985 by founders Thomas G. Stemberg and Leo Kahn. 25 years later‚ Staples‚ Inc. is the world’s largest office products company. The company primarily operates in the United States but also has locations in 26 countries throughout North and South America‚ Europe‚ Asia and Australia serving businesses of all sizes and consumers. Their mission statement is‚ “We’re committed to making it easy for our customers around the globe to buy a wide range of office products
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INTRODUCTION Office Supply Incorporated (OSI) is a company in crisis‚ with challenges in its cost structure and poor IT performance. Outsourcing to Technology Infrastructure Solutions (TIS) is an opportunity to both reduce costs and complexity for the firm‚ but first must consider whether outsourcing is a good strategic fit for OSI. Outsourcing is known as the practice of turning over responsibility of some or all of organizations information systems to a foreign firm in order to stay competitive
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File-It Supplies Inc‚ Present Situation Patsy Akaka is the marketing manager of File-It Supplies which is a file folder manufacturer that has been in business for 28 years. Other primary lines they are file markers‚ labels and indexing systems. On the other hand 40% of FIS´s file folder business is in specialized lines including oversized blue-print and engineer drawings for several high tech industries. Even though the company has a unique knowledge in the field‚ Patsy is facing a complicated
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------------------------------------------------- G R O U P C A S E 3: H O S P I T A L S U P P L Y‚ I N C Given Information: Hospital Supply‚ Inc.’s Normal Volume (in units per month) | 3‚000 | Regular Selling Price (per unit) | 4‚350 | Costs per Unit for Hydraulic Hoists | | | Unit Manufacturing Costs: | | | Variable Materials | 550 | | Variable Labor | 825 | | Variable Overhead | 420 | | Fixed Overhead
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Threat of New Entry There are many companies manufacturing and selling office products at an international level. New entrants can find it easy to enter and establish their position in the market by basing their strategy on low cost. The market offers growth opportunities to new entrants as well indicating low entry barriers for the firms wanting to enter into the area of office products. Therefore it can be stated that Staples Inc is operating in an industry where the threat of new entry is high.
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Strategic Audit Staples‚ Inc. Hudson Chodos Andrew Nelson David Pearson Management 3800: Public Policy Professor Bowen 11/3/11 I. Current Situation Looking at Staples current performance in the past year‚ we will look at three things: return on investments‚ market share‚ and profitability. * Return on Investments: 9.95% * Market Share: 90% of market cap when comparing Staples‚ Office Depot (5.72%)‚ Office Max (3.89%) * Profitability - $24.5 Billion in sales; $6.7 Billion
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The Rivalry among existing firms: strong The office supply industry has a large number of players with a high diversity of rivals. Competition is very furies between them because the office supply industry is so divers in product and services they provide; they include high volume office supply‚ warehouse clubs‚ online retailers‚ copy and print businesses‚ discount retailers and local and regional contract stationers. The large number of competitors in this industry‚ along with a lack of product
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stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbol SPLS. Staples is the #1 office supply superstore operator in the US. selling office products‚ furniture‚ computers‚ and other supplies through its chain of some 2‚280 Staples and Staples Express stores in the Americas‚ Europe‚ Asia‚ and Australia. Most (about 1‚900) of its superstores are located in North America. In addition to retail outlets‚ Staples sells office products via the Internet‚ its catalog‚ and its direct sales operations‚ including
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STAPLES CASE STUDY Proposed Merger Between Staples and Office Depot Leads to Concern NGUYEN TOAN THANG tnguyen@student.bristoluniversity.edu BRISTOL UNIVERSITY BUS 525: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS April 23th 2014 1. How would you classify the office superstore industry? Who are the competitors? What are the characteristics of this industry that lead to this conclusion? Today’s office superstore industry in the United States provides a convenient one-stop shopping experience
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How would you classify the office superstore industry? Who are the competitors? What are the characteristics of this industry that lead to this conclusion? Today’s office superstore industry in the United States provides a convenient one-stop shopping experience for small businesses and individuals with home offices. The main competitors in the industry are Office Depot‚ Staples‚ and Office Max. All of them offer a variety of office supplies‚ as well as computers‚ office furniture and other business
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