...South Delaware Coors Case South Delaware Coors Larry Brownlow was just beginning to realize the problem was more complex than hethought. The problem, of course, was giving direction to Manson and Associates regarding which research should be completed by February 20, 1989, to determine market potentialof a Coors beer distributorship for a two-county area in southern Delaware. With data fromthis research, Larry would be able to estimate the feasibility of such an operation before theMarch 5 application deadline. Larry knew his decision on whether or not to apply for thedistributorship was the most important career choice he had ever faced. LARRY BROWNLOW Larry was just completing his M.B.A. and, from his standpoint, the Coors announcementof expansion into Delaware could hardly have been better timed. He had long ago decidedthe best opportunities and rewards were in smaller, self-owned businesses and not in the jungles of corporate giants. Because of a family tragedy some three years ago, Larry foundhimself in a position to consider small business opportunities such as the Coors distributorship. Approximately $500,000 was held in trust for Larry, to be dispersed when hereached age 30. Until then, Larry and his family lived on an annual trust income of about$40,000. It was on this income that Larry decided to leave his sales engineering job andreturn to graduate school for his M.B.A. У The decision to complete a graduate program and operate his own business had beeneasy...
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...Case Study: Adolph Coors Company Should Shirley Richard encourage or discourage the Coors brothers to go on “60 Minutes”. submit to an interview to booster Coors’ image. Public debate and media commentary can present new challenges for organizations that do not have a clear strategic response to those issues (Benn, Todd & Pendleton, 2010). It would be in the company’s best interest to get ahead of the negative press and defend itself against the allegations of racism, sexism, and other biases. If Coors were to refuse an interview it may look like they have something to hide or and it could to the company being judged more harshly. A company’s image in the media can make or break them. Therefore it is important for Coors to have a positive relationship with the media and feel comfortable granting them interviews in order to present the company in the best light possible. John 16:33 states, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” The Coors brother that decides to represent Coors for the interview should be properly trained and coached in public relations and how to protect a company’s image. Proper research should be conducted prior to the interview to make sure that there are no contradictory remarks and all statements are an honest representation of the organization. False information given during an interview can further damage the company’s reputation and make...
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...For the exclusive use of O. AL-REFAI Harvard Business School 9-388-014 Rev. June 23, 1992 Adolph Coors in the Brewing Industry "Rarely in Adolph Coors Company's 113-year history has there been a year with as many success stories as 1985." Coors's annual report for 1985 went on to cite records set by the company's Brewing Division. In a year when domestic beer consumption was flat, Coors's beer volume had jumped by 13% to a new high of 14.7 million barrels. And its revenues from beer had topped $1 billion for the first time in the company's history. The Brewing Division accounted for 84% of Coors's revenues in 1985, and over 100% of its operating income. Although Coors had diversified into several businesses, including porcelain, food products, biotechnology, oil and gas, and health systems, Chairman Bill Coors acknowledged that for the foreseeable future, the company's fortunes were tied to brewing. The strategy of the Brewing Division had changed drastically over the 1975-1985 period. The changes continued: in a decision that the company billed as "the most significant event of 1985 and perhaps our history," Coors announced plans to build its second brewery in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The first section of this case describes competition in the U.S. brewing industry and its structural consequences. The next two sections describe Coors's position within the industry, and the plans that it had announced for its second brewery. Competition in the U.S. Brewing Industry ...
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...34) Coors Ceramics Revamps Information Systems Coors Ceramics was spun off from the Adolph Coors Company in December 1992. Today, the company is one of the leading suppliers of ceramic materials and components to the semiconductor and laser industries and has developed a worldwide reputation for quality and precision. Coors' old information system took as long as two days to process new orders. Because of delays and inaccuracies in processing; there was no way a salesperson could track the exact status of a particular customer's order. With 1,500 orders coming in monthly, that was a huge problem. To compensate for the processing delays, Coors would produce more components than it had received orders for so that it could build up inventory to meet customers' desired delivery dates. Although it did help meet customer demand, this approach raised inventory levels, production costs, and overhead costs. Customer delivery was also a problem. The old system could track shipments only on a weekly basis. If a customer wanted an order on Monday, and Coors shipped it by the following Saturday, the system logged that order as being on time. When customers called to complain, the salesperson would get no valid data from the system other than an incorrect "shipped on time report". It was clear that improvements were needed; however, before investing in new information systems, Coors defined three key business goals that the new system must achieve: First, Coors had to...
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...Adolph Coors in the Brewing Industry – Case Study By mid-1970, Adolph Coors Company was extraordinarily successful, posting year-to-year volume gains for the last 23 years and gaining a 16% Return on Sales at its height. However, between 1975 and 1985, performance declined greatly relative to the rest of the brewing industry. In the early 1980’s, Coors faced a key decision, whether to build a second brewery on the east coast. Would an additional brewery improve its position significantly? What else could Coors have done to improve their position? Could Coors have changed their strategy in order to take advantage of the changes in the brewing industry, or were they destined to be the victim of changes in the industry that they could neither control nor remedy? Extraordinary Success into the 1970s Coors was extremely successful prior to 1977. Key to their strategy was a set of unique, co-specialized elements: geographic focus, low-cost production, a differentiated product, and market power over their distribution customers. By managing these aspects well, Coors achieved 21.2% market share in their market, with the lowest relative amount of advertising in the industry. At the same time Coors’ low cost per barrel, at $29, was second only to Heileman Brewery. In spite of their low cost, Coors’ differentiated product allowed them to charge a premium over most of their competitors, giving Coors the highest profit margins in the industry, nearly twice that of their nearest competitor...
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