...MANAGEMENT DECISIONS Quality management Quality - „the heart of Nokia’s brand promise” In Nokia quality is the highest objective, not only being the characteristic of their products and services, but one of their most important essences. It is strictly linked with their pursue of continuous improvement, as they perceive it as exceeding customers’ expectation. Moreover as Nokia is one of the leading companies in the sector of telecommunications, high quality standards have to be maintained in every aspect of its operation. Nokia wants to achieve excellence in the following fields: • customer service and gaining customers loyalty (by taking care of the quality and reliability or their products and services) • product leadership (improvement, innovation) • operational modes - effective, efficient and ethical management Management As all operations influence the final quality of their performance ( products, services etc), quality is managed from the top - starting with the quality of management, through processes to the final product. As the consistency of all actions is crucial in managing the quality, special framework for management practices („Self-Regulating Management System”) has been developed. In Nokia, „everybody in the chain has a role to play in achieving quality”, thus all the employee in all lines and operational units have to take it personally. As the customer is the driving force in Nokia, so managing the quality is started with acquainted with customer requirements and...
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...Marketing Plan for Nokia Mobile Phone. [pic] Introduction: Nokia’s Code of Conduct defines the company’s overall principles and commitment towards legal compliance, ethical conduct, human rights, anti-corruption work and environmental protection. These high expectations extend to Nokia partners, subcontractors and suppliers, whom we encourage to strive beyond merely fulfilling legal compliance. This Policy provides further clarification to the principles of the Code of Conduct and Nokia Human Rights Approach regarding illegal trade of natural resources. This policy has been approved by Nokia Corporate Responsibility Steering Group, chaired by Nokia’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Relations and Responsibility. We are concerned about the link between the illegal extraction and trade of natural resources, and associated human rights violations, conflict and environmental degradation. Currently these issues are acute in the Eastern provinces of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the extraction and trade of ores of tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold, which flow to world markets through the DRC and adjoining countries. Once refined, these metals are commonly used within electronic products and by many other industries. Nokia does not procure metals directly and only a fraction of the world’s minerals produce originates from the DRC, but we are taking action to increase transparency, ensure responsible procurement by our suppliers and sub-suppliers, and drive positive...
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...Strategic Management Apple & Nokia Case Analysis 1. Table of Contents 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF APPLE AND NOKIA CASE 2 2.0 QUESTION 1 3 2.1 Competitive analysis of Apple and Nokia – who is stronger? 3 2.1.1 Competitive Analysis 3 2.1.1.1 SWOT Analysis 5 1.1.1 Strengths of Apple 6 2.1.1.2 Value Chain Analysis 9 2.1.1.3 Resourced Base View Tool 11 3.0 QUESTION 2 14 3.1 PESTEL analysis tool 15 3.2 Porter’s Five Forces 17 3.3 The Implications for Strategic Development are; 21 4.0 QUESTION 3 21 4.1 Critical Analysis Lessons from Apple’s risky but profitable strategy 21 5.0 REFERENCE: 23 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF APPLE AND NOKIA CASE Apple chalked some initial success with its invention of the Macintosh (Mac) computer but with the introduction of the Windows 1.0 from its rival company (Microsoft), it was faced with a threat in the industry. Their earlier strategic decision of not cooperating with rivals in the industry was seen as a weakness which Microsoft capitalized on to make their software available to other computer manufacturers for a license fee. Apple, diversifying into a new market (mobile telephone industry) with the introduction of user friendly products sought industry cooperation when it came to the launch of subsequent products including the iPod and iPhone. This strategic decision was inspired by its past...
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...IMPACT TODAY’S SUPPLY CHAIN Osa Osifo York College Given the prominent rise of Social Media, various companies have begun to use electronically generated knowledge (internet chatter) from social media platforms like Twitter, and Facebook to improve their marketing, promotion, and more importantly, customer service. It has become more important to analyze the impact of social media platforms on one of the most important aspects of the company, it’s Supply Chain. Although there are limited findings to the practices that companies have adopted in order to integrate social media into their respective supply chains. In essence, this paper examines and reports on how supply chain can be improved by the impact of social media. Supply Chain Management “is the combination of art and science that goes into improving the way your company finds the raw components it needs to make a product or service, manufactures that product or service and delivers it to customers” (Weaver 2013.). The reason company’s implement a SCM system is to create a faster, more efficient, and lower costing relationship between business partners. The process begins from the conceptual stage of a product or service and continues until market distribution. The Supply Chain consists of suppliers, customers, and other businesses which all work together to build relationships and meet customer demands. This is where social media comes in place. Supply chain holds a special...
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...International Management Managing Across Borders and Cultures Case study Nokia: Business Interests VS German Pressures Class 2 Group leader: Roger 12901227 Group members: Froggen 12901204 Henry 12902158 Himi 12901225 Eudora 12901203 Word count: 1953 words Menu Background (Roger) 1 Question 1 (Froggen) 2 Question 2 (Henry) 3 Question 3 (Himi) 4 Conclusion (Eudora) 5 The case study of Nokia Background As a well-known mobile handset maker in the globe, Nokia occupied a 40 percent market share once. However, with mobile industry progressing at an unprecedented rate, the competition was becoming increasingly fierce with encroaching on the market share of Nokia. Due to such situation, the whole mobile handset industry was marked by declining prices and depressed margins making companies look at low-cost production options. Nokia, was also making their efforts to reduce the cost, so they made decision to close the company in Bochum and built a new one in Romania although they were a little worried about the negative...
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...Nokia (India) Mobile Handset Distribution Channel Structure With Special Reference To Dibrugarh Town Distribution (or place) is one of marketing element in marketing mix and hence designing a distribution Network for a product is very important aspect for any company’s product. The success of the channel design will be declared as the product is readily available at ease for the consumers. Here we as a group have chosen the Nokia mobile company for doing this assignment. The company established in 1865 having its foundation in Finland. Nokia is one of the leading mobile communications in the world, it has 9 manufacturing plants throughout the world and they have 130,000 employees. The company owns R&D centres in Japan and China. Nokia mobile company plays a major role in India and have huge market share In comparison to other players. They have started its process in India in 1995 and have their offices in major cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. And also they have targeting all class of people by releasing different kind of mobiles with different features. China started mobile services in 1988 whereas, India started mobile services in 1995. By 2001 India exceeded China’s growth rate in mobile services. This shows how the distribution channels of the mobile companies working in India. Here in this report we are trying to bring out the efficient network of distribution addressed by Nokia in India. Distribution Channel Structure ...
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...INTERNAL ANALYSIS One functional area that is rather strong at Nokia is their Research and Development (R&D) teams. Nokia knows in order to compete effectively in the mobile computing and communications industry, they have to devote a great deal of time and resources to R&D.[i] As of December 2008, Nokia had a strong R&D presence in 16 countries, employing 39,350 people in this functional area. That number represents approximately 31% of Nokia's total workforce, which shows the importance placed on R&D.[ii] The Nokia Research Center focuses on four main areas which include Rich Context Modeling, New User Interface, High Performance Mobile Platform, and Cognitive Radio. These four areas collaborate with one another and seek to determine what peoples' needs will be in the future. Based upon the needs identified, the research teams then focus on the technology and interfaces that will be used, as well what infrastructure is necessary. Nokia knows the future will bring many changes, and they are prepared to develop the products and services necessary to help the physical and digital worlds combine.[iii] In order to strengthen their R&D function, Nokia collaborates with a group of leading institutions from around the world which they refer to as Open Innovation. By working together they are able to share resources and build upon each others' skills and knowledge, which benefits Nokia greatly. The value derived from working with global experts in R&D is then ultimately passed onto...
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...03/03/2011 Version 1.00 NOKIA´S HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH Introduction Nokia believes that our core business – connecting people with mobile technology – contributes to the promotion of human rights by enabling and enhancing communication and facilitating economic development. Improved communications provide better opportunities for freedom of expression, and therefore promote civil and political rights as well as economic and social rights. At the same time, we have specific human rights within our supply chain. responsibilities, towards our employees, customers, the communities where we work, and associated with its activities, operations and relationships. One part of due diligence countries. The Human Rights approach is based on the benchmarking study, as well as our own assessment of international best practices. process has been a benchmarking study in 2010 of the human rights situation in 18 to respect human rights and assess any potential human rights issues that may be Nokia has conducted, and is constantly conducting, due diligence to fulfil its responsibility the research and development phase when designing features for a new product, aspects like accessibility and privacy have to been taken into account. In manufacturing, including our supply chain, the main human rights matters are related to labour conditions and health & safety. Human Rights matters to be considered vary at different stages of the Nokia value chain. In There are several...
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...Smartphones: New challenges for the industry. Nokia and the Operating System of the future. Term-paper: Strategy II Deadline: 07/12/2010 | Bachelor in Business Administration Student Numbers: 0874165 | 0878950 | 0830480 A bstract Nokia is the biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. It produces and sells more mobile telephones than any other company in the globe. This gives them a competitive advantage, especially in terms of scale of its operations. However, the fact that it has been slow to adapt its technology and production line to current trends, has given space for other companies to challenge its global dominance, especially in medium-long term. Smartphones are the next step in an extremely turbulent industry where innovation is the key for survival. It is for this reason that Nokia must adapt to continue its expansion for benefit of its different stakeholders. We present an analysis based on three strategic alternatives regarding the Operating System Nokia should use to implement its new line of smartphones, in order to compete with already established player in this segment and ensure long-term profits at the same time as bringing the highest levels of satisfaction to every of its stakeholders. Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1 2. What is a smartphone and how smart are Nokia’s phones? .............................
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...1. Problem Even though Nokia’s strategy in emerging markets has been successful –making the company the market leader in India and China with market shares of 60% and 40% respectively– the company’s position in the developed markets has been deteriorating. Nokia used to lead the mobile phone market in North America and Europe in the 90s and early 2000’s and now the company is losing share mainly to Apple, Samsung and RIM. At the end of 2009 market share in the US dropped from 33% in 2002 to 10%; in Europe revenue declined by 15% in 4Q2009 and it was pulled out of Japan. The question that rises is if Nokia should continue to operate in both developing and developed markets or select one over the other and what strategies the company should pursue for those alternatives. This report will analyze Nokia’s environment and its current internal situation and will provide an actionable recommendation plan to address this problem. 2. The External Environment Industry Analysis-Porter’s Model of Five Competitive Forces The mobile phone industry is a fast changing industry due to technological advancements and fierce competition. The first generation of mobile phones appeared in the 80’s, the second generation in the 90’s with the introduction of digital technologies and cheaper phones and lastly the third generation emerged in 2000’s with the introduction of 3G networks. a) Intensity of Rivalry Among Competitors This competitive force is high. There is an intense competition: 1)...
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...largely an afterthought, a declining power with an aging population. The turmoil following the March 11 earthquake has provided a rude reminder that, when it comes to the global electronics industry's supply chain, Japan still matters. The country's factories produce about one-fifth of the world's semiconductors and 40 percent of electronic components. Japan's Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Hitachi Chemical combined make almost all of the world's BT Resin, a raw material used in chip packaging, and Hitachi Chemical has 70 percent market share for a type of chemical slurry used by semiconductor producers for polishing chips. Tech executives and investors therefore should be worrying about a prolonged shutdown of production in Japan, where many factories are closed and there's no clear sign of how much damage they suffered or when they might reopen. Typically, big chipmakers likeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. keep between four to six weeks of supply, so uncertainty about maintaining supply from Japan is not a problem -- for now. However, "all these Japanese companies are not able to give us an estimation of when they are able to resume their production," says Warren Lau, an analyst in Hong Kong with Samsung Securities. He warns there could be "some destruction" in the supply chain that could cascade down to affect companies like Apple. One Western company...
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...Factors Affecting Nokia The impact of political factors on Nokia is hard to ascertain. The company is based in the European nation of Finland, but the Finnish government has refused to give it a bailout or special favors.[1] This forced Nokia into an uneasy alliance with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSF) that has since fallen apart.[2] Unlike some tech companies, Nokia lacks strong government support because it is based in a small country. This can both help and hurt the company because it is not associated with a major power, but it might lack the political clout of American- or Chinese-based rivals. Don't get caught plagiarizing Political unrest or other changes in China could disrupt production and limit Nokia’s manufacturing capabilities in that country. This could force it to move production to higher-cost locations such as the United States. Economic Factors Affecting Nokia Nokia suffered heavily from the European downturn of recent years. Economic turmoil in Europe has hurt it badly by limiting buying power in its home markets. Unlike Apple, Nokia has had a hard time tapping into the fast-growing Chinese market. Nokia also lacks the vast economic resources available to some of its competitors, such as Google, Apple and Samsung. In particular, Nokia seems to lack the research and development capabilities that have enabled these companies to develop new devices and tap new markets. One reason why it lacks those capabilities is that Nokia simply does not have...
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...Gollapudi (140201108) 7 Contents Acknowledgement 2 MIDCOM 3 PRODUCT MIX 5 Nokia 5 Samsung 5 Microsoft 6 Sandisk 6 PROMOTION STRATEGIES 7 Bonus Packs 7 Price-off 7 PRICING STRATEGY 8 Market Penetration 8 Market Skimming 8 DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS 9 Push-Pull Strategies 9 Channel selection 9 Key Findings 13 Acknowledgement The success and final outcome required a lot of guidance from many people and we are extremely fortunate to have got this all along. Our work and achievement of the end result is entirely due to their guidance and assistance and we would like thank them all. Firstly, we are eternally grateful to Prof. Vimi Jham for her invaluable guidance. We also want to thank Mr. Bipin Mehrotra for his unconditional support and guidance regarding the workings of Midcom and the industry. MIDCOM MIDCOM is a leading telecom and electronics distributor in Africa and Middle East. The company has a combined turnover of value greater than 1.32 billion USD. Presently it handles full operations in countries like East Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and UAE. The company is a part of a larger Midland Group. This Group is involved in fields of real estate, education, foreign exchange, agro business (rose flower farming, milk powder processing) other than telecommunications. MIDCOM was launched as the flagship brand in 2004 with the concept of selling genuine NOKIA handsets. The first office was opened in a much smaller market of Rwanda. After launching...
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...o o Emergence of Competitive Advantage 9 Porter’s Value Chain 12 Porter’s Generic Strategies 15 IV. CORPORATE STRATEGY 16 o o o The scope of the firm 16 Vertical and Horizontal Diversification 20 Managing the corporate portfolio 23 V. GLOBAL STRATEGY AND THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS 25 o o o o o Patterns of internationalization 25 Analyzing competitive advantage in an international context 25 International Location of Production 27 Global integration vs. National differentiation 27 Strategy and organization within the multinational corporation 28 VI. VII. VIII. CONCLUSION 28 APPENDIX 29 BIBLIOGRAPHY 30 I. Introduction COMPANY PROFILE Nokia is a Multinational communications and information technology Corporation, with headquarters in Finland. Even though, their product portfolio is quite diverse, their main products are mobile phones and IT devices. Nokia occupied the leadership position in the mobile phones’ industry for more than a decade; however in 2011 this position was lost. The introduction of the smartphones in the market, the scandal related with Stephen Elop’s memo, ex-CEO (Ratner Effect), and the loss of trust in the brand related with the too-early announcement of changing in the operating system (Osborne Effect); resulted in a boycott both from carriers and retailers against Nokia that had a strong negative impact in its performance and overall results. As a consequence, Nokia...
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... ******************************************* Instructor’s Grade on Assignment: Instructor’s Comments: Executive Summary Within two decades, Nokia, a company that started as a wood pulp mill in 1967, became a leader in electronics manufacturing. Nokia has a complex supply chain making over 900,000 devices daily with 100 billion components from 60 different suppliers. (Nokia India: Battery Recall Logistics, 2011) During the company’s peak they experienced a defect with one of their batteries that challenged the company is ways they didn’t expect. What they initially thought would be a simple minimal recall of the affected batteries turned into a reverse logistic nightmare that put a strain on their resources. Once the media released the recall and headlined the potential of an exploding battery, Nokia was overwhelmed with requests for replacement batteries. As the company tried to devise a plan for the consumer to check if their battery was affected they ran into many logistic issues on access to internet, inability to deliver replacements due to topography conditions and unnecessary widespread panic. A well-defined media plan and recall process would have aided Nokia in being able to be proactive should a recall situation arise. Background Prior to venturing into the telecommunications industry in 1967, Nokia, named for its location on the banks of Nokianvirta River, was simply a wood pulp mill. The founder, Fredrik Idestam...
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