Acer is a Taiwan based multinational electronics manufacturer which produces a wide range of products including desktops and laptops, personal digital assistants (PDA s), servers and storage , displays , peripherals and e-business services for business, government, education and home users(Miller, 2009). It is now the second biggest player in the world following HP and ahead of Dell. Its slogan is "empowering people." However, the company went through many hurdles and adversities during its development
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Patumtip W. ID 5210037 SEC 404 Individual Case Analysis: Acer America I. Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose Case Summary The company was established in 1976 and began to expand internationally in the mid-1980s through strategic alliances. They’ve changed organizational concept into “client-server” model where the strategic business units (SBUs) and regional business units (RBUs) were given greater freedom to manage its unit locally. This led the company evolves towards a federation
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Introduction Acer ranks as the world's No. 3 branded PC vendor*, designing easy, dependable IT solutions that empower people to reach their goals and enhance their lives. Established in 1976, Acer Inc. employs 5,300 people in more than 100 countries. Offering a complete range of laptops, desktops and peripherals, Acer has the right solution for all your home computing needs. *Gartner Q2 2007 Sustainable World In the late twentieth century, rapid development of information technology and
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Acer group employs around 6000 people worldwide and revenues for 2012 reached nearly US$ 18 billion, it was founded in 1976 with $25.000 capital and 11 employees Since its founding in 1976, Acer has constantly pursued the goal of breaking the barriers between people and technology. Focusing on marketing its brand-name IT products around the globe, Acer ranks as the world's No. 3 vendor for total PCs and No. 2 for notebooks, with the fastest growth among the top-five players. A profitable and
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GHz) RAM: 12GB 2 Dual Channel DDR3 Hard Drive: 1TB 7200 RPM SATA Price: $1,099.99 Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook Laptop Processor: Intel Core i5-3317U (1.7GHz, 3M cache) RAM: 8GB DDR3 (1600 MHz) Hard Drive: 128GB SSD Price: $1,599.99 Acer Aspire 2-in-1 Laptop Processor: 3rd Gen Intel Core i5-3337U (1.8 GHz, 3M cache up to 2.70 GHz) RAM: 6GB Hard Drive: 500GB / 24 GB (HD / SDD hybrid) Price: $849.99 Profession 1: Video Editor For the video editor, I believe the Dell XPS
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recommendations for Acer’s Board of Directors. Acer is the third largest PC manufacturer in the globe using atransnational strategy to procure components to maintain cost leadership. By using strategic group maps, Porter’s five forces, SWOT analysis, value chain review and the Dranove model a comprehensive analysis of the Acer external and internal forces are reviewed. On the basis of the analysis a series of recommendations have been made to ensure that Acer remains competitive, retains the number 3
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The Acer Group is one of the world's largest PC and computer component manufacturers. Associated Acer companies include the world's third largest PC manufacturer, and Acer's mobile computers, network servers and personal computers are ranked in the world's top ten most popular brands in their respective product categories. Acer is the market leader in many countries around the world, and is ranked in more than 30 countries globally owing to the strength of its core business. On the distribution side
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leadership style at the top; reduce HO cost; implement cost effective training; increase focus on human competencies; strengthen accountability through sound performance appraisal systems and other initiatives,” points out Bhaskar Bhandary , director - HR, Acer India. Hence, a through audit can help the organization up employee
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The case gives us an insight into global business strategies and operations of Acer Group, one of the largest PC and computer components manufacturers. The case study discusses the pros and cons of expanding the business in China and reasons whether the Acer group is ready to start their business in China. As part of their global manufacturing strategy, Acer had adopted the ‘fast food’ business model on inventory management. This model involved shifting assembly sites of computers to local sites
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Hard Drive | Processor Speed | RAM | Price | Lenovo - 15.6" Laptop | 500 GB | 2 GHz | 6 GB | $329.99 | Panasonic - Toughbook 53 | 500 GB | 2.7 GHz | 4 GB | $1,582.99 | Asus – Desktop Model: G20AJ-B09 | 2 TB | 3.6 GHz | 16 GB | $1,299.99 | Acer - Aspire TC Series Desktop | 1 TB | 3.1 GHz | 8 GB | $593.99 | (www.bestbuy.com) With the computers selected the 3 professions that I think could use these computers are Cable Technician, Accountant, and a Graphics Designer. For the Cable Technician
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