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Mature Industry and Decline Industry

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10. Embryonic industries, Growth industries, Shakeout industry, Mature industry and Decline industry

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Economies of scale

Learning / Experience curve

Capacity utilization

Linkage among activities

Interrelationship among business units

Degree of vertical integration

Timing of market entry

Firm’s policy of cost or differentiation

Geographical location

Institutional factor (regulation, union activity, taxes, etc.)

 

15. Technology is employed to some degree in every value creating activity.

       It impacts competitive advantages by making new configuration of the value chain possible

  • Reduce the costs of activity
  • Reduce manpower cost
  • Reduce time required
  • Increase the efficiency of the activity
  • Increase output per unit time
  • Improve the quality of work

16. Considering the case in which the design of a product in changed in order to reduce manufacturing    costs. Suppose that inadvertently the new product design results in increased service costs; the cost reduction could be less than anticipated and even worse, there could be a net cost increase. Sometimes however, the firm may be able to reduce the cost in one activity and consequently enjoy a cost reduction in another, such as when a design change simultaneously reduces manufacturing costs and improve reliability so that the service costs are also reduced. Through such improvements the firm has the potential to develop a competitive advantage.

17. Cost leadership, Differentiation and Focus Strategy.

18.  Maximizing internal cost efficiencies ; Improve processing efficiencies ; Outsourcing non-essential activities ; Limiting internal expenditures on accommodation and management extras ; Managing and minimizing waste. Employee’s participant in cost management process and provide cost efficient incentives. Redesigning production process; Lower input materials cost. Relocating labour-based production.

19. Functional capabilities; product performance improvements; specifically targeting and satisfying customer’s needs.

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