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    Caterpillar Page 1 of 8 An Operation’s Perspective of Caterpillar Ryan Operations Management – MAN4504 Prof. City College June 6‚ 2007 Caterpillar Page 2 of 8 Summary This paper provides a brief history of the company caterpillar as well as an perspective on several key points of their operations.

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    2.1 FACTOR OF PRODUCTION According to Porter (2004)‚ factor conditions are factors of production such as labour‚ land‚ natural resource‚ capital and infrastructure. Moreover‚ a disadvantage might be an advantage. Local disadvantages in factors of production force to innovate to over come their problems. This innovation often results in a national comparative advantage. The big number of population in China provides retailers with a huge and cheap labour power. Furthermore‚ according to Day (1996)

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    2.2 Porters Five Forces Analysis Bargain Power of Customers: High • VYP’s customers are very large broadcasting corporations‚ which gives the corporations high bargaining power. • The Indie market is saturated. Bargain Power of Supplier: Medium • There is a large number of outsourcing companies that specialize in a variety of services. • There is a large pool of actors and experienced directors to choose from in the market. Competitors’ Rivalry: High • There is a large number of production

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    The simple change to the machine worked so well that a bystander was rumored to have said the machine crawled along much like a caterpillar. Holt agreed‚ and dubbed his new machine “Caterpillar‚” a name he eventually trademarked in 1910. In 1986 Caterpillar officially changed the company name from Caterpillar Tractor Company to Caterpillar‚ Inc. In the 1930s‚ Caterpillar machines played a main role in the construction of several great United States landmarks that still stand today. Like The Golden

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    Porter’s Five Forces Wine Industry Contents 1. Bargaining power of buyers………………………………………………………………………….1 2. Bargaining power of suppliers………………………………………………………………………2 3. Rivalry between existing companies………………………………………………………….…4 4. Threat of new entrants………………………………………………………..……………………….5 5. Threat of substitutes…………………………………………………………………………………….6 6. References………………………………………………...……………………...…………………………8 1. Bargaining power of buyers The buyer’s power within the wine industry

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    Jenkins. The grocery chain is an employee owned‚ privately held company. In 2009‚ Publix was ranked ninth on Forbes’s list of America’s largest private companies and number 99 on the Fortune 500 list of all U.S companies for 2010.  Publix operates in five states in the southeast‚ Florida‚ Georgia‚ South Carolina‚ Tennessee and Alabama‚ with its headquarters in Lakeland‚ Florida. The company employs over 140‚500 people between its 1‚023 retail locations.They also have cooking schools‚ event planning

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    Caterpillar Case Study 1. As one of America’s major exporters‚ Caterpillar has been under the microscope of the American dollar in terms of the company’s profitability. In the 1980s‚ Caterpillar suffered at the hands of Komatsu‚ a Japanese company who was able to undercut the American company’s prices. Because of the status of the U.S. dollar in the 1980s in comparison to the Japanese yen‚ Komatsu was able to capture the market share in the United States and the U.S.’s clients. The decline of Caterpillar’s

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    and negative trends raises the question on the length that Harley Davidson will continue to be a profitable company. This Strategic analysis will summarise the Macro-environment of the Motorcycle industry as well as summaries the effect of the five forces have on the profitability of motorcycle industry. Also an internal analysis will be conducted which will outline Harley Davidson resources and capabilities and then determine if any strategic capabilities are present as well as a gap analysis to

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    HUL (Kissan)‚ Dabur (Real) Industry Analysis: A. Bargaining Power of Suppliers-Low * Switching costs- low * Differentiation of inputs- low * Threat of forward integration- high * Supplier concentration- low The Porter’s “Five Forces” framework for packaged food & beverage industry analysis Bargaining Power of Buyers- Low * Buyer concentration: less * Buyer Volume: low * Switching cost: low * Brand identity: strong * Ability to backward integrate: less

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    The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy Competition for industry profits goes beyond the direct competitors in the business. It included four other competitive forces as well: • Customers • Suppliers • Potential entrants • Substitute products This extended rivalry that results from all five forces defines an industry’s structure and shapes the nature of competitive interaction within the industry. Industry structure drives profitability‚ not products or services‚ or mature or

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