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The D Company Final Presentation.

The D Company is a camera manufacturing company started 13 years ago by three young entrepreneurs. The head office of the company is located in San Jose California and has three manufacturing facilities at Seattle for USA, Canada and Latin America, Frankfurt for Europe and Africa and Taiwan for Asia Pacific.

Mission, Goals and Objectives:

The Mission of the company is to produce world-class cameras marketed all over the world, produced at most optimum cost using best manufacturing practices, giving value for money to its customers and maximizing yield for its investors.

The Strategic Goals of the company are:

1. To be among first five camera producers in a decade.

2. To manufacture world-class …show more content…

Where total profit has gone up in last three years mostly owing to a better profit making in North America.

Financial Performance:

The financial performance of the company over the years six t thirteen is shown in table no 7. The data includes Revenue generated over the years, Earning per share, Return on Investment and Stock Prices. Chart 5 shows that there has been a decline in the revenues generated. Charts 6 to 8 all show a decline in Earnings per Share, Return on Equity and Stock Prices suggesting a poor financial performance by the company.

Credit Rating and Image rating of the company:

Table no 8 shows the credit rating, Image rating and the Investor confidence index. The credit rating of the company has been ranging from B+ to A+. The best in industry score is 20 while the overall credit rating is 20.The image rating is 59 with best in industry and overall rating being 20. The investor confidence index is fair as compared to competitors A and C who have an excellent rating.

Critical decisions made and their affects:

Some critical decisions made by us are pertaining to marketing mix, advertisement and promotional strategy and pricing.

We perhaps erred on the product design providing far too many features in the entry-level camera resulting in an increased cost of manufacturing. We did fairly well in terms of global prices but fared badly in P / Q ratings. The average Price for an entry-level camera in the global market is ranging from 150 - 175

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