Advanced Accounting Paper #2 Chris Till Caterpillar Inc. was originally organized as Caterpillar Tractor Co. in 1925 in the State of California. It was created in a merger of the Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Company. In 1986‚ the company reorganized as Caterpillar Inc. The company’s headquarters is now located in Peoria‚ IL. Their principal business activity is the design‚ manufacturing‚ marketing and sales of machinery and engines. They also sell financial products
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Caterpillar Sales and Marketing in Japan Caterpillar should concentrate more resources and efforts to expand the sales and marketing in Japan. Caterpillar has a good opportunity to expand Japan market share and to achieve more profits because that the Japanese government demand huge number of heavy construction equipments to rebuild the damaged infrastructure caused by earthquake and tsunami. Though Komatsu is a strong competitor against Caterpillar and has a bigger market share‚ Caterpillar’s
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http://angelinajao.wordpress.com/2002/10/29/caterpillar-vs-komatsu-four-decades-of-global-competition/ http://www.doc88.com/p-844510545043.html For more than 75 years‚ Caterpillar Inc. has been building the world’s infrastructure‚ and in partnership with Caterpillar dealers‚ has allowed for positive and sustainable change on every continent. A Fortune 100 company‚ Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment‚ diesel and natural gas engines‚ and industrial
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Role: New Higher at Caterpillar Tractor Co. Question: Morgan asks you: What Cat’s Sustainable Distinguishable Competitive Edge is? Answer: Our Sustainable Distinguishable Competitive edge is our chain of distribution‚ which through our large geographic base allows us to be independent of any domestic business cycle. Centered Argument: Through keen managerial strategy our company was able to establish business overseas before our competitors. Pioneering the overseas market allowed us to be able
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Caterpillar Inc.--Early 1990s The assessment of opportunities and threats is the foundation upon which planners develop strategies. The Caterpillar case illustrates some of the problems associated with the identification of opportunities and threats‚ especially in a situation where previous successes are notable. Attempting to pattern long-term growth on the basis of previously valid assumptions is one of the classic dilemmas facing the strategic planner whether in consumer or organizational markets
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The Forest Tent Caterpillars latin name is Malacosoma disstria Hubner and is native to North America. They can be found through forests that contain hardwoods and are most prolific in the eastern parts. Trees that the Forest Tent Caterpillar attacks in New York are basswood‚ ash‚ sugar maple‚ alder‚ cherry‚ elm‚ apple‚ aspen‚ birch‚ and oaks. Trees that are not hosts for this pest are conifers‚ red maple‚ and sycamore. The New York State of Department of Environmental Conservation also says that
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➢ The alignment also introduces three new regional Distribution Services Divisions within Caterpillar‚ replacing the company ’s current marketing arms. They will have responsibility for Caterpillar ’s total portfolio of business with each dealer‚ the dealer relationship‚ dealer development and ensuring the most efficient and effective distribution of Caterpillar machines‚ engines and parts. ➢ Caterpillar ’s current Motion & Power Control Division will be expanded and reorganized into two new
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the crisis period as an opportunity for a healthier growth. After analyzing CAT’s social‚ political and economical environment‚ new technologies‚ the competitive situation‚ and the company’s capabilities and limitations‚ the teams concluded that Caterpillar could best achieve its long term objectives by building on its core business rather than diversifying. However due to slow growth of industry‚ they decided to develop additional‚ related products and services. There were plenty of actions to take
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1. Description of Company and Industry Founded and headquartered in Peoria‚ Illinois‚ Caterpillar‚ Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of construction & mining equipment‚ diesel & natural gas engines‚ industrial gas turbines‚ and diesel-electric locomotives. It operates in five segments. The construction segment provides machinery‚ such as backhoe‚ loaders‚ small track-type tractors‚ and mini excavators for use in infrastructure and building construction projects. The resource segment
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other locations. Because the Oxford plant is the only one owned by Caterpillar that produces these couplings‚ he needs to find outside sources that can produce the couplings to Caterpillar’s standard and get them contracted and trained so they can get couplings to the manufacturing plants and keep production running while Caterpillar rebuilds the Oxford plant. While other plants are gearing up to produce the couplings‚ Caterpillar needs to begin “cross-distributing” whatever couplings are on hand
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