...Ice Fili – Case Analysis Introduction Ice Fili, is historically one of Russia’s best ice cream producers, led by Chief Executive Officer Anatoliy Shamnov. After surviving being controlled by the Soviet Regime, warding off local competitors, and continuing success through the collapse of the Russian market in 1998. They have not been able to sustain steady growth of market share, and are facing increased competition from fierce rivals Nestlé. Following the time of the market collapse, they had peaked at 10.37% in 1997, and have lost more than 50% of its shares in 2002, with a recorded low of 4.3%. The industry is a very saturated one, and with increased competition from rival Nestlé, Ice Fili will need to analyze the external and internal environments, and improve their business strategy to help increase market share. Environment – PEST Political Segment The political trend that may have major implications on the strategy for Ice Fili, starts with the Association of Russian ice Cream lobbying to redefine GOST. This would set a minimum state standard for ice cream, allowing Ice Fili an opportunity to increase their market lead, because of their domestic ice cream. This would most likely have Nestlé change their operations and use fewer preservatives. Another political trend that would have implications is the change in Russian economy, to a free market enterprise, with no money implications for international companies to sell in Russia, this would hinder market share...
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...Executive Summary Ice-Fili had been successful in the past, surviving various tumultuous times including the transformation of the Russian closed economy into an open economy and the financial crisis in 1998. As Russia’s largest domestic ice cream producer, they had held onto their market leadership for many years. However, increasing competition from foreign companies, along with the emergence of regional producers of ice cream led to Ice-Fili’s market share erosion in the recent years. Porter’s five forces model was the primary method to analyze Ice-Fili’s industry and its competitiveness in the industry. Segmentation analysis was used for further study of the ice cream industry in Russia. The analysis was carried on key variables like distribution channel, buying behavior, geographic locations, and product characteristics. Based on this model, various alternatives were considered. From these alternatives, it was possible to form a recommendation: Ice-Fili will need to focus on the strengthening of its distribution channel through various efforts including marketing and raising of capital while focusing on its long history and brand recognition. Above all, availability of its product to the consumers is the key to Ice-Fili’s success. Porters Five Forces In order to analyze the industry and environment of Ice Fili, Porter’s five forces model will be used to assess its competitiveness in the market. An illustration of the model specific to Ice Fili is displayed in Exhibit...
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...Table of Contents I- Introduction 2 II- Analysis 3 1- External Analysis 3 i) Porter’s 5 Force 3 ii) Key Success Factors 4 2- Internal Analysis 5 i) Value Chain Analysis 5 ii) Financial Analysis 6 III- Decision Opinions with Evaluation 6 IV- Recommendation and Implementation 8 1- Short Term Activities 8 2- Long Term Activities 9 V- Exhibits 10 i) Exhibit A: Financial Ratio Analysis and Calculations 10 ii) Exhibit B: Decision Matrix 11 Introduction First time winner of the “Product of the Year” category, Ice-Fili, is the top ice cream producer in Russia. Recently, the company is experiencing tough competition by Nestlé and regional ice cream producers. Ice-Fili’s current problem is its loss in market share due to their poor quality decision-making after Russia became an open-market in 1992. Nestlé took advantage of Ice-Fili’s low reaction adjustment and is taking over their market. What should be Ice-Fili’s next move? To offer proper advice, an external and internal analysis should be conducted to analyze their environment. Analysis EXTERNAL ANALYSIS An external analysis allows us to understand the ice cream industry. It includes analyzing Porter’s 5 forces and Ice-Fili’s key success factors in comparison to its competitors. Porter’s 5 Forces 1- Threat of New Entrants High The ice cream market is attractive due to its 15% to 20% profit margin and low initial capital investment. Ingredients are acquired at low cost because...
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...Ice-Fili case analysis 1. Please provide an in-depth five forces analysis to illustrate the competitive environment for Russia’s ice cream industry. How is it likely to evolve? Five forces analysis: 1) The bargaining power of suppliers * As some producers such as Ice-Fili wanted to keep their product’s quality level, they imported specific raw materials, but they didn’t have a problem in finding new suppliers. * As the technology of Russia was lagged behind Western’s, Ice cream producers needed to import most of their ice cream machines. The bargaining power of suppliers for raw materials is low, while for facilities is high. 2) The bargaining power of customers * There are various ice creams in Russia, so customers have many choices and low loyalty to a certain kind of ice cream. * Ice cream is really appreciated in Russia, customers eat it even in Winter. The bargaining power of customers is moderate. 3) Threat of potential entrants * Barriers to entry are low, profit can be easily made (as ingredient’s cost can be moderate), facilities can be use for other items, and economies of scale can be made (as the unit cost decreases when the total production rises). * Moreover, a new producer can easily find a distribution channel, because multiple companies are willing to sell ice cream, it isn’t a monopolistic market. Threat of potential entrants is high. 4) Threat of potential substitutes * In Russia, Ice Cream is considerate...
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... Ice-Fili: Winning Strategem in a Contemporary Venue -Team 5- 900-22-7377 904-46-8228 904-47-4673 904-50-0701 904-50-7922 904-52-3718 February 13, 2006 Executive Summary Ice-Fili had been successful in the past, surviving various tumultuous times including the transformation of the Russian closed economy into an open economy and the financial crisis in 1998. As Russia’s largest domestic ice cream producer, they had held onto their market leadership for many years. However, increasing competition from foreign companies, along with the emergence of regional producers of ice cream led to Ice-Fili’s market share erosion in the recent years. Porter’s five forces model was the primary method to analyze Ice-Fili’s industry and its competitiveness in the industry. Segmentation analysis was used for further study of the ice cream industry in Russia. The analysis was carried on key variables like distribution channel, buying behavior, geographic locations, and product characteristics. Based on this model, various alternatives were considered. From these alternatives, it was possible to form a recommendation: Ice-Fili will need to focus on the strengthening of its distribution channel through various efforts including marketing and raising of capital while focusing on its long history and brand recognition. Above all, availability of its product to the consumers is the key to Ice-Fili’s success. Porters Five Forces ...
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...Management Spring 2006 Ice-Fili: Winning Strategem in a Contemporary Venue -Team 5- 900-22-7377 904-46-8228 904-47-4673 904-50-0701 904-50-7922 904-52-3718 February 13, 2006 Executive Summary Ice-Fili had been successful in the past, surviving various tumultuous times including the transformation of the Russian closed economy into an open economy and the financial crisis in 1998. As Russia’s largest domestic ice cream producer, they had held onto their market leadership for many years. However, increasing competition from foreign companies, along with the emergence of regional producers of ice cream led to Ice-Fili’s market share erosion in the recent years. Porter’s five forces model was the primary method to analyze Ice-Fili’s industry and its competitiveness in the industry. Segmentation analysis was used for further study of the ice cream industry in Russia. The analysis was carried on key variables like distribution channel, buying behavior, geographic locations, and product characteristics. Based on this model, various alternatives were considered. From these alternatives, it was possible to form a recommendation: Ice-Fili will need to focus on the strengthening of its distribution channel through various efforts including marketing and raising of capital while focusing on its long history and brand recognition. Above all, availability of its product to the consumers is the key to Ice-Fili’s success. Porters Five Forces In order to analyze...
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... | |Year |2014/2015 | |Semester |VIII Spring | | | |Course ID |MGT405080 | |Course Name |Strategic Management | | | |Type |core | |ECTS Credits |5 | | | |Language |Georgian/English | |Classroom Number | | | | |Professor |D.Markozashvili | |E-mail |d.markozashvili@freeuni.edu.ge | | ...
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...UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC) COURSE: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY Master in Management (MScM) Fall 2012 WARNING! THIS IS A TENTATIVE SYLLABUS – THE GENERAL STRUCTURE WILL STAY THE SAME BUT THERE MIGHT BE CHANGES FOR SOME OF THE SESSIONS Professor: Jean-Philippe Bonardi Email: Jean-Philippe.Bonardi@unil.ch Tel: 021 692 3440 Office: Internef 604 Assistant: Mark Kuzmanic Email: Mark.Kuzmanic@unil.ch Office: Internef 621 The course will take place every Friday from 8:00am to 11:30am, in Room GENOPODE C First class: Friday September 21, 2012 A website for the course with a description of the sessions and posted material is available at: https://www.hec.unil.ch/docs/bonardi/cours/308 Overview Competitive strategy is about the analysis of how firms behave or should behave based on the type of industry structure and competitive threat they are facing. In this course, we will go through various theories, strategic tools and cases to understand how this type of analysis can be conducted effectively. More generally, the focus of this course is on strategic management - the process of choosing and defining purposes and objectives, formulating a strategy and implementing it. The course aims to develop your ability to see an organization as a whole and to understand how and why the various functions of a business are interdependent and need to be coordinated. Hence, the thrust of the course is the organization in its totality - the environment in which...
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...THE FIRST FILIPINO Republie of the Philippines Department of Education & Culture NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION Manila FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines JUAN L. MANUEL Secretary of Education & Culture ESTEBAN A. DE OCAMPO Chairman DOMINGO ABELLA Member HORACIO DE LA COSTA, S. J. Member GODOFREDO L. ALCASID Ex-Oficio Member TEODORO A. AGONCILLO Member EMILIO AGUILAR CRUZ Member SERAFIN D. QUIASON Ex-Oficio Member FLORDELIZA K. MILITANTE Exccutive Director RAMON G. CONCEPCION Chief, Administrative Division BELEN V. FORTU Chief, Budget & Fiscal Division JOSE C. DAYRIT Chief, Research & Publications Division AVELINA M. CASTAÑEDA Chief, Special & Commemorative Events Division ROSAURO G. UNTIVERO Historical Researcher & Editor EULOGIO M. LEAÑO Chief Historical Writer-Translator & Publications Officer GENEROSO M. ILANO Auditor JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896) THE FIRST FILIPINO A Biography of José Rizal by LEÓN Ma. GUERRERO with an introduction by CARLOS QUI R INO ( Awarded First Prize in the Rizal Biography Contest held under the auspices of the José Rizal National Centennial Commission in 1961) NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION Manila 1974 First Printing 1963 Second Printing 1965 Third Printing 1969 Fourth Printing 1971 Fifth Printing 1974 This Book is dedicated by the Author to the other Filipinos Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice, Shakespeare: °the/Lo. Paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all ; but...
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...States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. This McGraw-Hill Create text may include materials submitted to McGraw-Hill for publication by the instructor of this course. The instructor is solely responsible for the editorial content of such materials. Instructors retain copyright of these additional materials. ISBN-10: 1121789048 ISBN-13: 9781121789043 McGraw-Hill Create™ Review Copy for Instructor Espinoza. Not for distribution. Contents 1. Preface 1 2. Methods, Standards, and Work Design: Introduction 7 Problem-Solving Tools 27 3. Tex 29 4. Operation Analysis 79 5. Manual Work Design 133 6. Workplace, Equipment, and Tool Design 185 7. Work Environment Design 239 8. Design of Cognitive Work 281 9. Workplace and Systems Safety 327 10. Proposed Method Implementation 379 11. Time Study 413 12. Performance Rating and Allowances 447 13. Standard Data and Formulas 485 14. Predetermined Time Systems 507 15. Work Sampling 553 16. Indirect and Expense Labor Standards 585 17. Standards Follow-Up and Uses 611 18. Wage Payment 631 19. Training and Other Management Practices 655 20. Appendix 1: Glossary 685 21. Appendix 2: Helpful Formulas 704 22. Appendix 3: Special Tables 706 23. Index 719 iii McGraw-Hill Create™ Review Copy for Instructor Espinoza. Not for distribution. Credits 1. Preface:...
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...Кухаренко В.А. Практикум з стилістики англійської мови: Підручник. – Вінниця. «Нова книга», 2000 - 160 с. CONTENTS FOREWORD...............................................................................…………………………………………... 2 PRELIMINARY REMARKS.....................................................………………………………………….. 3 CHAPTER I. PHONO-GRAPHICAL LEVEL. MORPHOLOGICAL LEVEL…............................... 13 Sound Instrumenting. Craphon. Graphical Means…………………………………………………………...6 Morphemic Repetition. Extension of Morphemic Valency………………………………………………….11 CHAPTER II. LEXICAL LEVEL..............................................……………………………………….…14 Word and its Semantic Structure…………………………………………………………………………….14 Connotational Meanings of a Word………………………………………………………………………….14 The Role of the Context in the Actualization of Meaning…………………………………………………….14 Stylistic Differentiation of the Vocabulary…………………………………………………………………..16 Literary Stratum of Words. Colloquial Words…..…………………………………………………………..16 Lexical Stylistic Devices…………………………………………………………………………………….23 Metaphor. Metonymy. Synecdoche. Play on Words. Irony. Epithet…………………………………………23 Hyperbole. Understatement. Oxymoron. ……………………………………………………………………23 CHAPTER III. SYNTACTICAL LEVEL..................................…………………………………………38 Main Characteristics of the Sentence. Syntactical SDs. Sentence Length…………………………………..38 One-Word Sentences. Sentence Structure. Punctuation. Arrangement...
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...Кухаренко В. А. Практикум з стилістики англійської мови: Підручник. — Вінниця: Нова книга, 2000. — 160 с. Кухаренко Валерия Андреевна, д.ф.н., проф., кафедра лексикологии и стилистики английского языка факультетеа РГФ ОНУ им. И. И. Мечникова CONTENTS FOREWORD...............................................................................…………………………………………... 2 PRELIMINARY REMARKS.....................................................………………………………………….. 3 CHAPTER I. PHONO-GRAPHICAL LEVEL. MORPHOLOGICAL LEVEL…............................... 13 Sound Instrumenting. Graphon. Graphical Means…………………………………………………………...6 Morphemic Repetition. Extension of Morphemic Valency………………………………………………….11 CHAPTER II. LEXICAL LEVEL..............................................……………………………………….…14 Word and its Semantic Structure…………………………………………………………………………….14 Connotational Meanings of a Word………………………………………………………………………….14 The Role of the Context in the Actualization of Meaning…………………………………………………….14 Stylistic Differentiation of the Vocabulary…………………………………………………………………..16 Literary Stratum of Words. Colloquial Words…..…………………………………………………………..16 Lexical Stylistic Devices…………………………………………………………………………………….23 Metaphor. Metonymy. Synecdoche. Play on Words. Irony. Epithet…………………………………………23 Hyperbole. Understatement. Oxymoron. ……………………………………………………………………23 CHAPTER III. SYNTACTICAL LEVEL..................................…………………………………………38 Main Characteristics...
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