Date: April 27, 2014 Professor Dahan Individual Case Study International Business Practicum Strategic Sourcing at Whirlpool China Q1. Whirlpool’s Global Sourcing Strategy (GSS) in China had many advantages as well as disadvantages. As the case explains, China had become one of the world’s largest household appliance makers, and relocation of Whirlpool’s Asian HQ to Shanghai helped the company’s products gain acceptance within the market. Furthermore, setting up an international procurement
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Strategic Alliance – Whirlpool Corporation and Inland Steel CASE Faced with intense competition, increasing expectations from customers, reduced product life cycles, and localized geographic markets, Whirlpool Corporation (a Fortune 500 manufacturer of appliances) realized that the need to achieve a competitive advantage from its sourcing and material efforts was greater than ever. Part of the strategy to achieve this advantage involved pursuing an alliance with a key steel supplier. Steel is
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SECONDARY RESEARCH ON “WASHING MACHINE” A dissertation submitted to: Dr. Bejoy John Thomas, MBA, NET (Qualified), M.Phil.Ph.D., In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BY SUJANABENAZIR.M Jamal Institute of Management, (Approved by AICTE, Newdelhi) Jamal Mohamed College (Autonomous) Tiruchirappalli-620020 1 INDUSTRY INFORMATION 2 1: GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF THE WASHING MACHINE INDUSTRY IN INDIA:Washing machines
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other allied products. Electrolux, Sweden, the worldwide consumer durable giant has 12.5% stake in Whirlpool. Electrolux tried to increase its holding to 51%, however, the idea was stalled due to price disagreements. In 1995, WIL negotiated with Whirlpool Inc, US, another major player in the global white goods market, who was willing to buy a company at a higher price. The deal ultimately went to Whirlpool who invested $200mn mainly to acquire 51% in Desai family owned Kelvinator of India. They set up
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SIP PROJECT REPORT ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR TOWARDS WHIRLPOOL OF INDIA LTD (REF. CATEGORY) SUBMITTED BY: GOLAM AHAMED ROSUL ENROLLMENT NO: 030101013 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF: PROF. MALAY BHATTACHARJEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My first experience of Summer Internship Project on CONSUMER BEHAVIOR TOWARDS WHIRLPOOL OF INDIA LTD (REF. CATEGORY) has been successfully done, thanks to the support of everyone. I would like to acknowledge all the people who have helped us in this project. However, I wish
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Whirlpool Corporation Global Procurement | WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION GLOBAL PROCUREMENT | Cost Analysis | Whirlpool is the world’s largest producer and marketer of small and large home appliances such as mixers, food processors, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, etc. Whirlpool also has a long standing relationship with Sears, which sells Whirlpool products under the brand name Kenmore. In addition to its North American presence (both manufacturing and sales), Whirlpool also
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Alhammadi 201510155 ------------------------------------------------- Junaid Al Marzooqi 201510204 Q3: What actions has Whirlpool management taken to ensure that the firm succeeds in local markets throughout the world? To what extent is the appliance business local/regional rather than global? 1. Background of the case: ------------------------------------------------- Whirlpool Corporation manufactures electronic appliances such as: fridges, washing machines, dryers….etc. they supply their products
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Whirlpool: Redefining Innovation If you look at our history, innovation had been the responsibility of a couple of groups, engineering and marketing. Now, you have thousands of people involved. It's speeded things along. It's changed the focus of innovation to trying to deeply understand the customer and a belief that we could actually build customer loyalty in the appliance industry. The way we'll know it's successful is if it changes every job at Whirlpool.1 - Nancy Snyder, Vice-president Leadership
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of alternative medicine that involves the use of water for pain relief (облегчение боли) and treatment (лечение). Various /ˈveəriəs/ therapies used in the present-day hydrotherapy employ water jets, underwater massage and mineral baths /ˈmɪnərəl/ , whirlpool /ˈwɜːlpuːl/ bath, hot Roman bath, hot tub /tʌb/, Jacuzzi /dʒəˈkuːzi/, cold plunge /plʌndʒ/ (холодный душ). Water therapy may be restricted to use in physical therapy, and as a cleansing agent (очищающее средство). However, it is also used as a medium
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| WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION GLOBAL PROCUREMENT | Cost Analysis | | | | | Whirlpool is the world’s largest producer and marketer of small and large home appliances such as mixers, food processors, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, etc. Whirlpool also has a long standing relationship with Sears, which sells Whirlpool products under the brand name Kenmore. In addition to its North American presence (both manufacturing and sales), Whirlpool also has a strong presence
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