Synergy in the Whirlpool Environment Larry A. LaPine MGT 498 June 28, 2013 Timothy Fiscus Synergy in the Whirlpool Environment Many organizations today rely on the objectives, but fail to focus on the means to achieve the objective. Some of these organizations refuse to be flexible by adjusting to market trends and rely solely on today and the past instead of focusing the objectives to the future. If one knows the organizational strength and understands what objectives the organization
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL YEAR 2014/2015 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT (2-3 pages, typed and handed in personally on lectures) Read the case Haier’s U.S. refrigerator strategy and answer to the following questions: 1. What were the drivers of Haier’s success in U.S. initially and why? 2. How did the competitors (Big Three) react to the Haier’s success? How are their strategies different than Haier’s? 3. Why do you think Haier
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the area for survey in SURAT. The areas covered by me which are Varachha, Parvat patiya, Station area, Katargam, etc. In 1st phase of this project I have visited service centre of Whirlpool at Adajan for collecting technical information of stabilizers that Whirlpool manufactures. In 2nd phase of the research I have visited to dealers of stabilizers in Surat for doing survey about different brand of stabilizers. In 3rd phase I have prepared
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bottom line. * After success in the European markets, Electrolux appliances were introduced in North America in 2004 and Hans Straberg was appointed President and CEO in 2002. * Electrolux is worlds second largest appliance maker behind Whirlpool, 50,000 employees in over 50 countries Product Offerings & Brands * Sells consumer durables (kitchen products, laundry products, floor care products) and professional products (food service equipment, laundry equipment) which are 40 million
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players presently dominating the consumer durable industry in India are: Top players in consumer durable industry: • Nokia India • LG Electronics India Limited • Philips India • Titan Industries • Samsung India Electronics • Whirlpool Appliances • Siemens • Sony India • Videocon Industries • Blue Star Some of the details regarding these top players in the consumer durable industry in India is given below: Nokia India: Nokia India is a world leader in mobile
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Zhang Ruimin built Haier into China’s largest home appliance maker.b Globally, Haier ranked third in white goods revenues, and was the second-largest refrigerator manufacturer (with about 6% of the global market) behind Whirlpool and ahead of Electrolux, Kenmore, and GE.4 Zhang pledged to make Haier the world’s best-selling refrigerator brand by 2006. (See Exhibit 2 for global appliance market shares.) Haier held about a 30%
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Note: Solve any 4 Cases Study’s CASE: I ARROW AND THE APPAREL INDUSTRY Ten years ago, Arvind Clothing Ltd., a subsidiary of Arvind Brands Ltd., a member of the Ahmedabad based Lalbhai Group, signed up with the 150- year old Arrow Company, a division of Cluett Peabody & Co. Inc., US, for licensed manufacture of Arrow shirts in India. What this brought to India was not just another premium dress shirt brand but a new manufacturing philosophy to its garment industry which combined high productivity
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INDEX |Contents |Page Numbers | | | | |EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |2 – 4 | |CERTIFICATE FROM MIMA
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Whirlpool Europe Introduction: To improve the operating effectiveness and efficiency in Whirlpool’s sales and marketing, operations and logistics, and finance areas, the company is planning to implement a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System named Project Atlantic. Various details regarding the improvements in sales, reduction of DSI, and increase in margin that would result if the project is implemented are taken into consideration. Also, other details about the investment in
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different product lines comprising 15,100 different product specifications. It employed over 35,000 people worldwide. Haier was one of the world’s seven biggest home appliance makers—along with LG (Goldstar) Group and Matsushita headquartered in Asia; Whirlpool and GE in America; and Electrolux and Bosch-Siemens in Europe. Haier was widely regarded as China’s “Most
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