ADMS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cd Player, Independent Business, Quad 4 Engine

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2200
• Professor: Lee Li

Document Summary

Capabilities: different approaches: traditional: a portfolio of independent business. Each department should be combined fast at a low cost: e. g. Sony wants to be successful and profitable all the skills must be combined fast at a low cost. Japanese are successful in the electronic industry here is why: This model consists of 2 levels the first is integration. Core competence: the collective learning in the organization, especially how to coordinate diverse production skills and integrate multiple streams of technologies (japanese approach) At best buy the market share is only 10% (out of 100 printers sold only 10 of them were canon). If you were to open other brands printer you will notice that other companies use canon"s printer engine, which is the printers core product. canon"s printer market share for the final product is only 10% but the market share. Because canon combines optics, imaging and microprocessor controls to create a very good printing engine, which other companies cannot duplicate.