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How they control cost: 23-August-08

Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector company that is highly profitable but still under increasing cost pressures: 1. It has always been very prudent about costs. It has set world records in low project execution costs. 2. It has taken up high costs as a major issue, especially in its...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-23-2008
How they control cost: 22-August-08

Fresenius, the health-care company best known for its kidney dialysis products and services: It exploited the exchange rate (strong euro, weak dollar) to make a major acquisition - U.S. drugmaker APP Pharmaceuticals - for $3.7 billion. [Click here for full story at Businessweek.com] Purchases in weak...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-22-2008
How they control cost: 15-August-08

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., financial firm with exposure to the mortgage market collapse: 1. It is seeking to sell about $14 billion of its $40 billion in property related assets by the end of the year (it has a $29.4 billion commercial mortgage portfolio and $10.4 billion of property) 2. It has already...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-15-2008
How they control cost: 12-August-08

Multinationals like Cisco, Motorola, General Electric, and Hewlett-Packard: They are increasing R&D initiatives in India because: a) The quality and experience of India's huge technical workforce is rising supplemented by an influx of returnees from the U.S., Britain, and Australia, many boasting...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-12-2008
How they control cost: 09-August-08

Gap, apparel chain: 1. It has reduced inventory by a third 2. It has reduced the time it takes to move clothes from concept to rack from 12 to 9 months. 3. It has reduced TV ads [Click here for full story at Businessweek.com] Lower inventory + less time to market products = lower costs Less advertising...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-10-2008
How they control cost: 05-August-08

German Companies in China, where rising energy costs, stricter environmental rules, the elimination of many tax incentives, a dearth of skilled workers and the increasing strength of the yuan against the dollar and 8-percent inflation rate have all pushed production costs up: 1. Some will leave China...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-05-2008
How they control cost: 01-August-08

Cadbury, the confectionary group: 1. It unveiled its Vision into Actioncost-reduction programme in June 2007. It will take whatever measures are necessary in costs, prices, organisation structure and business portfolio to deliver its performance commitments 2. It will conduct a review of its global cost...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-01-2008
How they control cost: 31-July-08

Tribune Co., media group comprising eight newspapers, more than 50 Web sites, 25 television stations, the Chicago Cubs baseball team and real estate and other holdings, unsettled by companies abandoning newspaper ads at an accelerating pace because of a souring economy and cheaper alternatives online...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-31-2008
How they control cost: 29-July-08

Tata Motors, seeking to change the manner in which people in rural and semi-urban India travel has staked its reputation to make a supercheap car, the Nano with a price originally set at $2,500: 1. It will fit the car with a smaller 623cc-engine that will get 50 mpg. 2. It has done away with most of...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-29-2008
How they control cost: 25-July-08

Lloyd's of London, the venerable specialty insurance market that brings together underwriters and brokers to insure everything, but with claims processing stuck in the 17th century that needed to be digitalized: 1. It sought out those members who were dissatisfied with the traditional procedures...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-25-2008

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