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    Christina L. Brown MRKT 454 Case # 10-2 The Smart Car June 16‚ 2012 Competitive advantage exists when there is a match between a firm’s distinctive competencies and the factors critical for success within its industry (Keegan & Green‚ 2011). There are two basic ways to achieve competitive advantage. First‚ a firm can pursue a low-cost strategy that enables it to offer products at lower prices than competitors. Next‚ an advantage can be gained by a strategy of differentiating products

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    SMART CAR CASE 1. What is Smart’s competitive advantage? Its brand image? The Smart Car‚ made by DaimlerChrysler‚ offers a cost focus and focused differentiation. It brand image is very narrowly focused. Smart appeals to single people (or families with no children)‚ who primarily do city driving and want a no frills automobile that is economical and eco-friendly. Some advantages that Smart brings to the table are as follows. First‚ the vehicle has an exceptional look that appeal to those who

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    Case 10-2) 1 The Smart Car In 1991‚ Nicolas Hayek‚ chairman of Swatch‚ announced an agreement with Volkswagen to develop a battery-powered "Swatch car." At the time‚ Hayek said his goal was to build "an ecologically inoffensive‚ highquality city car for two people" that would sell for about $6‚400. The Swatchmobile concept was based on Hayek’s conviction that consumers become emotionally attached to cars just as they do to watches. Like the Swatch‚ the Swatchmobile (officially named

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    The Smart Car Contents PAGE Executive Summary…………………………………………………………3 Introduction…………………………………………………………………..4 History of the Smart Car…………………………………………………….4 Features……………………………………………………………………....5 Economic Impact…………………………………………………………….6 Fuel Efficiency……………………………………………………………….6 Safety…………………………………………………………………………7 Environmental Impact……………………………………………………….7 Competitors/Comparison…………………………………………………...9 Marketing……………………………………………………………………..10 Critique………………………………………………………………………

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    ABSTRACT This paper will focus and investigate the SMART car sculptured by Micro Compact Car (MCC)‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler-Benz. Hambach‚ France was chosen as the production site‚ where the main suppliers were integrated in a supplier’s park called “Smart Ville”. MCC used such supply chain practices which were never used before such as supplier involvement‚ outsourcing the main manufacturing and modular production. Complete modules were attached in the rigid body frame called “Tridion”

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    Case Study #1 The Smart Car Daimler is a multinational business that is branching out in many countries worldwide. Smart Cars are mainly manufactured at a plant in France. The smart car was first introduced to the United States in 2008. Daimler’s plan is to globally expand the smart car in every country it can. The Smart Car has already been successful in places such as Europe and North America. Daimler distributed Smart Cars over the Internet using the $99 reservation program. This helped

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    The Smart Car The Smart car was introduced in 1994 between Mercedes-Benz and the Swiss manufacturer of Swatch watches and was unveiled in 1997. The car was named for “Swatch‚ Mercedes and art.” The Smart car only measures in at 8-feet-8-inches long and is 5-feet-1-inch wide. More than 95% of the components are recyclable. The Smart car is priced in at three different versions. The Pure is at the base level and starts at $11‚590. The Passion is decked out and is most popular and starts at $13

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    SMART CARS While the reading shows out smart cars’ god points‚ the lecture refutes all of this. Firstly‚ smart cars are the safest one so that car’ accidents can be decrease‚ as the reading states. They have airbags around and anti-lock brake to protect the drivers. Despite what the reading claims‚ the professor says that smart cars are not effective on some special surface such as snowed or iced streets. Drivers may not control properly on slipery surface‚ or the ABS feature doesnt work correctly

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    INDUSTRY Classification and definition of the industry The relevant industry for Smart Car is worldwide automakers because the target audience will be cost-conscious Americans. In 1999‚ the American car market was filled with many foreign imports that directly competed against and in some instances beat American domestic car producers. Analysis of existing competitors Today there are other low cost automobile manufacturers marketing to the United States. None‚ however‚ produce anything

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    4. Alternative Solutions to the problems After identifying that the connection has been lost between satisfying our customers and growing the business (Day P.12 Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service) it is imperative that we focus on some alternative solutions‚ finally providing the best course of action. To do this‚ we can refer to Exhibit 11‚ Factors Driving “Valued Customer” Perceptions. According to survey results from Exhibit 11; customers surveyed placed far more importance on friendlier

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