In 2011, sales and revenues of Caterpillar, Inc. measured about $60.138 billion. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company is a leading services provider through Caterpillar Financial Services, Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services, Caterpillar Logistics Services and Progress Rail Services. Despite achievements of Caterpillar, Inc., the firm has several ethical issues that it must address. Some of these issues deal more with the nature of the company’s products than with anything the company itself has done.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is one of the world’s largest IT companies operating in over 170 countries. The Hewlett-Packard Company, found in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, “provides enterprise and consumer customers a full range of high-tech equipment, including personal computers, servers, storage devices, printers, and networking equipment” (Hoovers, 2008). The company’s operation base is located in Palo Alto, California were Mark Hurd is currently the president and CEO. The company ranked 14 in 2007 Fortune 500. “HP’s revenue totaled $107.7 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 2008” (HP, 2008).
MBA 616 International Marketing BAYER CONSUMER CARE DEVELOP 2 BRANDS WITH NEW SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION TO CHINA AND LIBERIA Dr. Jennifer Bailey Prepared by: Trang Huynh Virginia (U.S.), June 11, 2012 I. COMPANY OVERVIEW BAYER CONSUMER CAREBayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of .Bayer AG is a global corporation that produces products in the healthcare, nutrition and high tech materials areas designed to benefit and improve the quality of life for its consumers. Bayer AG was founded in Barmen (today a part of Wuppertal), Germany in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer and his partner, Bayer (which is also referred to as Bayer Group) has some 315 operating companies worldwide” (Bayer AG, 2011). Lead by President and CEO, Gregory S. Babe, Bayer has become a giant in the pharmaceutical market. Bayer Consumer Care, a division of Bayer HealthCare, is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, USA.
EUR 34 35 HUGO BOSS © 25-Feb-2015 2 / 19 Sustainability @ HUGO BOSS Sustainability @ HUGO BOSS The strategic dimensions “We act responsibly“ We Manage stakeholder oriented LCA @ HUGO BOSS Environment Preserve natural resources Employee Employ equitably and foster a culture of responsibility HUGO BOSS © Partner Collaborate responsibly Product Develop ideas for tomorrow Society Create shared values 25-Feb-2015 4 / 19 LCA projects: ecologtex / ecoshoes For textile and leather products Life Cycle Assessment @ HUGO BOSS Mass LCA analyses – collecting data from the complete supply chain Online Questionnaires (primary data) LCI – datasets Product Environmental Footprint Analyses of all main environmental impacts: !for each single process step ! for the whole product life cycle ! for the supply chain secondary data Benchmarking of production steps Supply Chain and Product optimization Material data (secondary data) LCA @ HUGO BOSS Product and Process data© HUGO BOSS 25-Feb-2015 6 / 19 Life Cycle Assessment @ HUGO BOSS Mass LCA analyses with 100% primary data from the supply chain LCA @ HUGO BOSS HUGO BOSS © 25-Feb-2015 7 / 19 Life Cycle Assessment @ HUGO BOSS Mass LCA analyses with 100% primary data from the supply chain through online questionnaires LCA @ HUGO BOSS HUGO BOSS © 25-Feb-2015 8 / 19 Life Cycle Assessment @ HUGO BOSS Mass LCA
Patagonia prides itself on its deep commitment to environmental and socially sustainable industrial practices, and continually launches new products that are dedicated to its mission statement: “Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.” An unusual mission statement, company founder Yvon Chouinard’s vision for long-term sustainability and low environmental impact has attracted employees devoted to shared environmental causes. Currently, Patagonia employs 1381 people worldwide, with 11 staffed in its Environmental Analysis Department. Its impressive environmental responsibility agenda and human resources practices have result in a high employee retention rate compared to industry averages. Moreover, the level of customer loyalty and brand recognition surpasses the size of its company. Customers rely on Patagonia for its technical excellence, performance and quality, with only 20% of its customers caring about the environmental impact of their purchases.
Company background Navistar International is a leading global transportation company which focuses on manufacturing commercial trucks, horsepower diesel engines and providing financing services for its customers, dealers and distributors. The company’s products, parts, and services are sold through a network of nearly 1000 dealer outlets in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Mexico and more than 60 dealers in 90 countries throughout the world. Over the years, Navistar has placed high priority on quality improvement since quality concerns affect customer requirements and costs. Navistar has two assembly plants, Chatham plant which is responsible for producing premium conventional trucks, and Springfield plant which focuses on manufacturing and assembling medium and cab over trucks. Currently, Andy Ramsz is appointed to be the assembly supervisor at Navistar’s Chatham
Value Discipline Starbucks Corporation is a premier roaster, marketer and retailer of specialty coffee. The company currently operates in over 55 countries across North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East Africa region, and Latin America. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and employs 149,000 people. According to Pearce and Robinson (2013) Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema proposed an alternative approach to generic strategy that they call the value disciplines. Further, they believe that strategies must center on delivering superior customer value through one of three value disciplines: operational excellence, customer intimacy, or product leadership.
History: Navistar is one of the largest companies which produce commercial trucks and diesel engines in North America. This company also has a business building military vehicles, school and commercial busses. Founded in 1902 as International Harvester Company, the name changed to Navistar in 1986.
Sara Lee Corporation in 2011: Has Its Retrenchment Strategy Been Successful? Dr. Aviad Israeli MIS 44285 Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………3 Zhiheng He Identification…..........................................................................................................................................3-4 Danchen Yang Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………………………..5-8 Timothy Sermonte Recommendation …………………………………………………………………………………….....8-10 Deanna Jacobs Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………...10 Deanna Jacobs Introduction Sara Lee Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of high-quality, brand name products, which based in Chicago and distributed for consumers throughout the world. Sara Lee’s products consist of food, beverage and household items. Sara Lee has operations in fifty eight countries, has products in almost two hundred nations and employs 150,400 people throughout the world. Sara Lee is undertaking a serious reform, they focus on some of the world's most famous products such as food, beverage, clothing and household products.
Microsoft is headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft produces, licences a large range of products related to computing. Measured by revenue Microsoft is the world's largest software maker and is also one of the most valuable companies in the world. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4 1975. Local, National, International or Global Oxfam operated in over 90 countries.