Justin Jones 3403615 Question 1 Samsung’s execution of new product development, customer excellence, and rapid production are three competitive advantages that the company has achieved relative to Sony. Product development became an advantage when Lee Kun Hee, the past company chairman, visited the United States and realized that Samsung’s products where being overshadowed by the designs of Sony. This inspired him to hire hundreds of young ambitious designers. The number of designer employed by Samsung increased from about nearly 100 to more than 450 in the following decade” . This high amount of designer employees is a competitive advantage for Samsung because unlike Sony, the company designers lead the product development, opposed to the marketers leading the product development. Along with having large numbers of designers, Samsung also owns multiple international design centers that allows them to gain a global perspective. Samsung has gained a competitive advantage with customer excellence with the use of tools such as the company’s laboratory in Seoul that studies how consumers get products out of boxes, read instructions, follow icons on cell phones, and much more. Things like this help the Samsung to understand its customer’s better than Sony, Which allows them to more appropriately cater to the consumer’s needs. Rapid production is another key competitive advantage that Samsung has achieved over Sony. The text book “Marketing” by Grewal Levy states that “a drive to improve, learn, and implement faster processes”, drives the whole market. Samsung’s production rates are very speedy which keeps them on top of the market. For example, over the years Samsung has cut product development time down from an average of 14mo... ... middle of paper ... ...ducts that mix technology with the active lifestyles of the consumers in Europe. Along with trying to find a way to match the active lifestyles, Samsung wants to make many of the items affordable for the people living in the European economy. Prices of many products in Europe may be lower for consumers in that part of the globe. In the Strategies listed in the Samsung U.S. Article, Samsung is more focused on acting aggressively toward innovation. Samsungs more global goal is to find what consumers need the most, and create products that incorporate consumers unmet needs. A big part of the global strategy mentioned in the Samsung U.S. article is learning from the success of competitors in order to stay on top. For example, Samsung is leading in cell phone technology and sales because it was able to observe the things that work, while quickly producing the products.
Product Differentiation: Apple has been able to differentiate its products by offering innovative products that is almost perfect. “ Apple has developed some of the world’s most daring technology”. The company has been able to provide unique products that is way ahead the curve compared to its competitors’. Apple has successfully increased the demand of its products through product differentiation, the uniqueness of its products has always drawn the attention of consumers. By focusing on a particular set of consumers who are willing to pay more has enhanced the company’s premium pricing strategy which is also a stands to be a differentiator. Product design is a major factor that has enhanced all Apple’s products to be different, when the company introduced its iPod, iPhone and iPad no other similar product could match up with the features of these
N.V. Philips (Netherlands) and Matsushita Electric (Japan) are among the largest consumer electronics companies in the world. Their success was based on two contrasting strategies – diversification of worldwide portfolio and local responsiveness for Philips, and high centralization and mass production for Matsushita.
Samsung’s cost advantage is clearly visible from the comparison of costs (and their elements) that were borne by the company and its competitors in 2003 (Tab. 3): Samsung’s overall cost was 24 per cent lower than the weighted average cost of the other four producers; two most significant elements of the cost structure, i.e. raw materials and labour, were 36 and 27 per cent lower respectively. When expressed by means of a relation of average selling price to costs (“productivity” of cost elements), the differences are even more visible (comp. Tab. 4 ): overall superiority of Samsung over its competitors exceeded 51 per cent!
Over the last decade, Apple, Inc. has been one of the most successful company in the world. Apple is a multinational corporation that designs the electronic, manufactures, sell a several of related software. It provides many products for example iPhone, iPod, iPad, Mac, Apple TV. The important factors that Apple, Inc. use is technology. Technology with new innovation has the advantage that help an organization to beat with another company. And bring more competitors to the market. Most of the product in electronic industries are based on innovation. Thus, in order to achieve the goal and keep up with their competitors, Apple must frequently introduce new products or services
Sigurdson, J. (2004), ‘The Sony-Ericsson Endeavour: Part 1’, Institute of Innovation Research of Hitotsubashi Unniversity, Working Paper, (Tokyo: Japan).
Sony Firms is the electronics organization component and the controlling firm of the Sony class, which is occupied in firm through its four controlling sections – Electronics (involving video entertainment, network favors and medical firm), Moving images, music and monetary favors. (Sony) (Sony Corporation) This makes Sony one of the most inclusive gaming businesses in the globe. It’s main firm performance involves Sony firms (Sony Electronics in the United States), Sony image game, Sony PC games, Sony Audio games, Sony Cell phone games (previously Sony Ericsson), and Sony monetary. It falls between the best 20 Semiconductor revenue principal in the whole globe and also the 3rd greatest TV producer in the globe, Samsung and LG rated higher than Sony.
effectively is a huge driver for Sony. Invention and innovation? The need to create new technology and new productions within Sony can be a major drive for the research and development department within the company. The.. A business such as Sony who have achieved a breakthrough which is patented is a major sustainable competitive advantage over other.
Samsung Electronics Company (SEC) began doing business in 1969 as a low-cost manufacturer of black and white televisions. In 1970, “Samsung acquired a semiconductor business” which would be a milestone that initiated the future for SEC. Entering the semiconductor industry would also be the beginning of the turnaround phase for SEC. In 1980, SEC showed the market its ability to mass produce. SEC became a major supplier of commodity products (televisions, microwave ovens and VCRs) in massive quantities to well known original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For this reason, Samsung was able to easily transition into a major player in the electronic products and home appliances market (Quelch & Harrington, 2008).
Research and development plays a big role here at Samsung creating the ability towards taking the next step of building a better future. In 2015, Samsung spent $14 billion dollars on research and development alone, so it’s surprise why we are willing to spend $50 million on the first year of the product. We will use our research and development team to improve the quality of our smartphone via updates and discover reasons why consumers are passing up on our new smartphone. From year 1 to year 2 there will be an increase of 16% in the research and development expense and from year 2 to year there will be a 7% increase. Most of our highly praised tech like the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are due to are research and development teams. The general / selling/ administrative expenses all include fixed costs, advertisements, and direct and indirect costs. With the percentage nearing the profit margin it represents that we’re are in the competitive smartphone market. The change from year 1 to year 2 for the general / selling / administrative expenses increased by 9% and it increased again but only by 4%. The pie graph at the bottom displays the % that goes to in expense. For General / Selling / Administrative expense, I’ve separated the advertisement budget to its own
While profits from semiconductor sales are keeping stakeholders happy, Samsung is pursuing a differentiation strategy in the smartphone market. The managers are committing more resources to researching something they think will revolutionize phones. author name writes, “All smartphone makers face the issue of stagnancy in hardware innovation. Samsung is currently working on developing a smartphone with foldable displays…” (Tanner). There has not been a ground-breaking development in smart phones in the last few years, so the managers believe
Apple has made reasonable management of its human and material resources since its innovational approach demands effective strategic allocation of its resources to the development and utilization of its productive resources to support its innovative investment strategies. Effective strategic control brings power to Apple’s decision-makers to allocate its resources to confront the technological, market, and competitive uncertainties which are inherent in the innovation
Samsung will also include consumers, as key external stakeholders, in the research and development focus groups to best incorporate consumer opinion and demand into areas of the project including development, marketing, and distribution. This will help Samsung create and deliver a product that the customers want. It will also help identify consumer needs for the new smartphone’s use as consumer inputs will help shape and drive the technological innovations that Samsung is aiming to deliver with its new smartphone.
Sony, as an organisation, must deal with the dynamic industry they operate within. They established themselves by developing a stable work environment where engineers had profound appreciation of technology and could work as freely as they pleased, focussing on developing dynamic technologies and creating products that people longed for (Mintzberg et al, 2003).
Than fifty years, “Sony”, founded by: Honorary Chairman Akio Morita, has been leading the industry in a number of areas. Sony has changed everyone’s life as we know it. From producing batteries to the new wireless networking system, they are number one. Have you ever wondered who produced the system, they are number one. Have you ever wondered who produced the great games you love to play or the MP3 player you got from your husband? From DVD movies, to digital cameras and camcorders, Sony is leading the world into a new frontier. Electronics, games, music, pictures and insurance are just a few of the side products of the billion-dollar company.
Samsung’s product development includes all three approaches. Samsung invested in a Customer-centered new-product development. The new-product development focuses on finding new ways to solve customer problems and create more customers satisfying experiences. The “new management” is a top to...