Apple Business Plans Samples For Students

Introduction

If the accurate organizational structure is not put in place to support execution, even the best strategies may fail. An organization’s success greatly relies on the strategy that have been put in place to help in processes and people alignment, organizational capability, structures and a culture to optimize execution capabilities (Daft, 2011). Aligning organizational structure to the business strategy has aided Apple Inc. to survive the taut competition in the industry.

Apple Inc. is strategizing on producing iPhones with screens of up to 6 inches (Ian et al., 2013). The iPhones will have a high performance than all other smartphones ...

Management Team of Musictogo

MARKET STUDY OUTLINE
1. INTRODUCTION

A. OBJECTIVE

This report contains the results of a market study conducted for the Global Corporation “Musictogo” headquartered in the USA. This study evaluated the market readiness and appetite for a new generation mp3 player to compete with Apple’s “Ipod” product. Only the Netherlands market was considered in this study.

B. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY

For this study it was necessary to determine how Musictogo’s next generation mp3 player would perform against the incumbent mp3 provider, Apple Corporation’s Ipod mp3 player.
The Ipod’s performance was evaluated against major competitors with emphasis on features/functionalities and price. The Netherlands ...

Introduction

The report is being prepared with the objective of discussing my portfolio strategy where according to my risk tolerance(high), an amount of $50000 will be allocated amongst various asset classes. In addition to the risk tolerance, creating a well-diversified portfolio will be on the top of my preference list. I am sure that with the amount of knowledge and traits relating to portfolio management, I will be able to create a balanced portfolio for myself that will help me to earn 12-13% return on per annum basis.

Investment Strategy and Risk Tolerance

The golden idea in the world of the portfolio management ‘’Never put all ...

Application of Operations Management

Based on research findings incorporated in an article entitled “What the iPhone 6 Plus Supply Shortage Says about Apple's Future”, it is apparent that Apple Inc. Underestimated the demand of their renown product, iPhone 6 Plus. A survey that was done by the RBC Capital Markets involved a total of 6000 participants, this research established that a considerable number of people had the aptitude of buying the aforementioned product. But the supply was deficient. 49% of those surveyed aspired to buy this product or any other apple product deemed to have similar features to the aforementioned. But since the demand exceeded ...

Executive Summary

The dawn of the digital and information age in the 21st century has also become a new battleground for brands. Here, we pertain to the smartphone war between Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. The battle has extended to various product lines such as the Galaxy Tab and iPad. Both are known global tech companies. Thus, innovation could not be more emphasized in such a competitive and fast-paced industry.
For this case, we look closely at the strategy of Samsung. It has been receiving patent lawsuits for the past years. Although it is currently the market leader, the company faces a ...

Introduction

Wally World is a large retail chain in the Midwest United States. The company has a single corporate campus and has 25 regional distribution centres that support 3,000 retail locations. The company has made heavy investment in e-Commerce. There are point of sale systems connected at retail locations that help in maintaining dynamic inventory. WAN based intranet has been configured using IPSec to support retail locations using encrypted VPN links that are connected to the nearest regional distribution centre.
The Wally World’s Enterprise Network mainly consists of a core backbone, two data centres, corporate campus, regional distribution centres, and ...

Introduction

Apple Inc. is a corporation that was started by Steve Jobs and Steven Wozniak who were friends in high school. Through innovation by Wozniac and push from Jobs, they sold the first Apple 1 on April 1 1976. However, the company took off in 1977 when the Apple 11 was introduced into the trade show then after its incorporation on January 3 1977 in California. The company has grown in size, technology, modernization and has spread its products all over the world over the many years since its introduction. Some of its current products include the I Pad, I Mac, ...

Big Mac is one of MacDonald’s oldest and best selling products. It is a specially designed double-layered hamburger that is basically made of pure beef. It is layered with a sauce on a sesame seed bun (MacDonald’s, 2013). Topping is then done with cheese, minced onions as well as marinates. The Big Mac has been in the market for over five decades and, as it were, may be said to be in the maturity stage in the product cycle. There are currently other competing substitutes for the product (Keith, 2008). As such, MacDonald’s is concentrating on adding new features ...

Abstract

Gone are the days when a Smartphone was considered a thing for the elite. Today, the ownership of a Smartphone is almost becoming a norm, with everybody bracing the craze for the Smartphone. Apparently, the Apple Inc. products are sparking a serious showdown with what Samsung is innovating. The two giants in the industry are battling it out in an endeavor to come up with groundbreaking technology in the world of telecommunications. When Samsung Galaxy SIII hit the market, the potential consumers watched with awe as the organization launched what they considered indisputable quality. It would take long before Apple killed that with the ...

Hi, my name Steven John and my partner is Mary Whites. We are senior staffs of the Apple Technological company. We are here to market and present the importance of apple macbooks over other computers. We want to welcome you to this presentation which will be detailed and you are at will to raise an issue or present suggestion or a question. We are also pleased and humbled to have your time and concentration.
I understand that your organization has raised concerns about the services offered by other Computer companies. With the advent of new technology and the use ...

Company’s Mission

Apple Inc. Company is generally dedicated to protecting the environment, safety and health of the workers, customers and the communities in the world where everyone operates. The Company has recognized that through integrating sound environmental practices, practices of safety and health management into every aspect of their business, they can then offer products and services which are technologically innovative while at the same time enhancing and conservating resources even for the generations in future. The company strives for improvement continuously throughout the environment, systems of management in health and safety and also in the products environmental quality, services and ...

Apple Inc. Strategic Plan

Apple Inc. is one of the largest and leading company in designing, manufacturing, and marketing of computer related products and consumer electronic products. Additionally, the company supplies a wide range of related accessories, networking solutions, and other compatible products. Primarily, Apple Inc. distributes its products and services to customers across the world through channels such as retail stores, third-party cellular network carriers, and direct sales force.

Mission and Vision

Although not stated in its annual reports or on the company’s website, Apple Inc.’s mission and vision statements are stated in its business strategy section. Apple Inc.’s mission is targeted towards ...

Introduction

Apple Inc. is a global company based in California, United States. The company is well-known for designing, manufacturing, and selling state-of-the-art personal computers, consumer electronic products, computer software, and cell phones in different parts of the world. It concentrates on providing its customers with the best user experience through its innovative services, software, and hardware. The company leads in innovation with iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and the Mac. Apple is the most valuable brand in the world. Apple Inc.’s marketing has played a considerable part in its success over the years. Consequently, the focus of the present paper ...

ASSIGNMENT 5: CAPSTONE

ASSIGNMENT 5: CAPSTONE

Impact of Company’s Vision and Mission on Success

Vision statement

Apple lives this vision through the technologies it develops for consumers and corporations. Apple does not simply make a statement. It lives it by ensuring that its employees understand the vision and strive to reach it. By producing the high-quality products they satisfy their consumers in a great manner. Thus, it plays a major role in company’s overall success. Their success lies in achieving their goals, satisfying their customers and above all generates huge revenues.

Mission statement

“Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to customers, students, educators, creative professionals, and consumers ...

Executive Summary

This report begins with company’s mission statement and brief introduction. It proceeds to presenting a detailed branding, pricing and distribution plans. The major competitors of the company are categorized in inter- and intra-competitors and their strengths and weaknesses are highlighted. The differentiation strategy in relation to closest competitor is also presented in this paper. StarTech is presented as struggling to become market leader. The salient issues pertaining to macro-economic issues are also presented in this report. Three main market trends are mentioned in this paper as technology, status symbol and fashion. The marketing implementation strategy, for StarTech’s new ...

Apple is one of the valuable brands in the world. The company is well-known for designing and producing highly intuitive and user-friendly products. Apple Inc.’s product strategy is essentially at the core of its marketing strategy. The company’s product line is equated with innovation, invention, and high-quality. Specifically, Apple Inc.’s product line includes hardware such as iPhone smartphones, Apple TV, Mac computers, iPad tablets, computer accessories, Apple smartwatches, as well as software such as iTunes, iWork, iLife, Safari web browser, and iOS and OSX operating systems (Martin, 2016). The corporation also provides its clienteles with services ...

Apple is the number two vendor of computer and smartphone technology in the world (Jones, 2016). Industry experts anticipate further growth for the company in the years to come. Apple is able to maintain leadership in innovations by focusing on research and development without spending as much as its competitors do. In 2015, the company allotted $8.1 billion for the said purpose, which was 36 percent, 8 percent, and 10 percent lower than Samsung, Nokia, and Microsoft, respectively. Apple develops products that are related to one another and share as much of the same technicalities. This strategy of creating ...

Executive Summary

With upwards of $48,077 in 2012 revenues and more than $862 in operating profits during the same period, Amazon.com is easily a major player in the online retail industry. The company’s internet operations, coupled by the wide range of products gives Amazon.com a critical advantage in the industry. Amazon.com caters for four separate markets including sellers, content creators, enterprises and final consumers through its retail websites, which are designed to have technical capacity to handle millions. In addition, the company’s extensive online infrastructure and immense R&D resources give it a particular advantage in facilitating the Kindle product extension.
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Introduction to Marketing

Tactics could be regarded as a more defined and elaborated version of company’s strategy which aims to explain how the organization would work to achieve its desired goals and objectives. In simpler words, tactics are the strategies in detail (Anderson, 1982). In this section, the tools that would be used to promote the iTunes in the market are explained and integrated within the strategies.

E-marketing

E-marketing is an emerging trend in the world of business due to which the organization must focus and utilize the emerging trend to its benefit. Since the use of website is at its peak, the ...

The University of Phoenix

Global Corporate Strategy for Microsoft Corporation
Executive Summary
After careful analysis of diversification events in the industry over the past ten years as well as an internal analysis of the company’s relevant strengths and advantages it is recommended that Microsoft take two strategic actions. The first is to increase presence in the Software-as-a-Service market globally with head-to-head competition with CA, Inc, a strong niche competitor in IT Management software market in the United States. The second is to manufacture a mobile handset device to gain control of the value chain in the SmartPhone market, first domestically (United States) then ...

I choose to Invest in Apple Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Yahoo! Inc. The Ticker Symbols for Apple Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Yahoo! Inc. are AAPL, WMT, and YHOO respectively. As of January 22, 2016 for AAPL stock price rose by 5.12% to close at $101.42, WMT rose by 1.31% to close at $62.69, while YHOO rose by 1.50% to close at $29.70 (Morning Star). I decided to purchase 100 shares of each company bringing my total investment to $19,386 ($101.42 x 100+ $62.69 x100 +$29.75 x 100.
I choose Apple Inc. because I love their products ...

Google chose to design Android to compete with Apple phones. Android is software that other smartphone manufacturers use for system operation. Almost every smartphone manufacturer uses Google Android to power its operating system. These users are the core strengths of Google to compete with Apple phones .
Google implemented the defensive strategy and introduced pixel phones as a first attempt to challenge Apple’s iPhone. Before Google came up with the Android software, Samsung was taking the lead in the development Android software. The act of Google coming with Android and smartphones also challenged other phone manufacturers that were considered ...

Strategic Business Plan Part I and Part II

Paper Due Date
Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats & Opportunities
This strategic plan addresses the following key strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities which apply to Digital Queue now and in the foreseeable future:

Vision

The promoters' vision of Digital Queue in 3-4 year's time is:
Mission Statement
The central purpose and role of Digital Queue is defined as:
Corporate Values
The corporate values governing Digital Queue's development will include the following:
Honesty and transparency.
Working together with all the partners across the business.
Develop our business as part of community.
Innovative organizational culture.
People are our major asset.
Business Objectives
Longer term business ...

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Introduction
This paper would like to discuss Ryanair’s business strategy and how it is linked with the company’s financial accountability. As stated by Friedman, a business’s primary accountability is to increase its profit. Apparently, financial accountability does not only relate to providing accurate reports and financial statements to avoid fraud. An equally important concept of financial accountability is on how it relates to managing company resources, expanding on strengths and how it effectively uses accounting tools to develop strategies that would provide economic benefit for the company. However, economic forces can sometimes become confusing. ...

Yanelisa Reyes

The University of Phoenix
Global Corporate Strategy for Microsoft Corporation
Executive Summary
After careful analysis of diversification events in the industry over the past ten years as well as an internal analysis of the company’s relevant strengths and advantages it is recommended that Microsoft take a number of strategic actions. The first is to increase presence in the Software-as-a-Service market globally with head-to-head competition with CA, Inc, a strong niche competitor in IT Management software market in the United States. The firm should also consider re-branding and migrating perception, address security concerns, and invest in growth through innovation, ...

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Marketing
Abstract
The software industry has many competitors. One of the big competitors in the industry is Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and was the first company to build an operating system for PC’s. When Microsoft was founded its purpose was to put a PC on every desk. The purpose of the company was to get every person computer literate. The company has monopolized the making of operating system for every PC in the world. Also, the company wanted people to use computers in their homes and business and they also built other programs such ...

The core purpose of this marketing plan is to provide comprehensive guidance in the promotion of an environment friendly Nokia mobile phone in the Australian market. The Nokia c6-01 is the phone that will be the subject. The introduction will provide an overview of the Nokia c6-01 as well as the Nokia Corporation at large. Through the internal analysis, it will be possible to understand internal operations of the corporation. The external analysis provides a comprehensive review of the factors affecting the brand that are not under the corporation’s control. This paper also provides the market segmentation approach incorporated ...

BUSINESS PLAN FOR UNIVERSITY GROUPWORK COHESION (UGC)

Business Plan for University Groupwork Cohesion (UGC)
Executive Summary
The aim of this project is to design, develop, and market a mobile application for assisting students in their productivity especially when placed in groupings of several modules. Group works are considered one of the most hectic assignments that students are required to perform. However, as most of the students point out it is not the actual assignments that are hard but the interactions, planning and delivery of the work across several students. This project, therefore, aims to provide a simple and efficient means of handling such issues among students ...

Executive Summary

This executive summary gives the details relative to the Parkway Phone Lenses Business Plan.  The company identification information, mission of the business, business goals and the keys to success are defined enabling a clear understanding of the business for the investors, bankers and any other business professionals who desire to learn about the business.

A1. Company Identification

The name of the company is Parkway Phone Lenses and will be located at 5256 Longshore Drive, Colorado Springs, CO  80917.  The company specializes in phone lenses as people are continually taking pictures in the office when attending meetings or to capture directions, when on a site ...

5. Results and analysis of mystery points, hardware and software system for the business
6. Bus topology diagram
7. Analysis of journey map
8. Overall Budget plan for the business.
1. Business description: Semesh is a business organization that wants to incorporate information technology in business. The business management wishes to determine the lowest cost for installing hardware and software and spend less than $25,000.The budget should not include expenses such as cost of the ISP-set up and communication system. The business, however, intend to get a router that is free as part of the ISP-set ...

Rationale of the new product development

Continuous Development and expansion is an important aspect from the viewpoint of an organization and no organization can increase the financial belongings accordingly without having development and expansion in their operations. The core mantra of every bit of organization is to increase the shareholder’s equity and launching of products which will bring effectiveness for the consumers in particular.
The current environment and competition are extremely high and organizations are required to compete with different organizations operating in the same line of business with the help of effective strategies and among these strategies, the name of expanding the ...

Executive Summary

The mission of Londonderry Theaters is to provide an exceptional entertainment experience to our customers. By offering current and popular titles, 3D movies, exceptional facilities, and outstanding customer service, our customers will be thrilled with their experience. Londonderry Theaters will establish itself as the area’s premier movie theater complex.
Londonderry Theaters will be located in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Londonderry Theaters serves clients in the Londonderry and Derry area of New Hampshire. Customers live in these towns and the surrounding areas. Our target market is anyone who loves movies, males and females ages 2-100. These movie goers are ...

Informative Presentation

Foxconn is a Taiwanese electronics contract manufacturing organization, known to be the largest contract manufacturer of electronics in the world. For several years, Foxconn was accused of labor rights violation from several employees and social groups. They are known to keep employees in dormitories that are overcrowded and protected by military style security forces. Labor is expected to work for long hours without any compensation for the overtime, which Foxconn claims are a voluntary exercise. Management controls all aspects of their workers’ personal lives and many times interfere with their private life.
Foxconn is the largest private employer in ...

Operational Plan for NAB Company

Key Aspects of Operations
Initiating the operational activities of the company, Non-Alcoholic Beverages Company (NAB Co.) would require approximately 200 employees in single shift. The company would be regulating two shifts in a day. The organogram of 200 employees each shift would include production workers, monitoring teams, shift managers, and Melinda Cates in the morning shift. The evening shift would comprise with the similar pattern of labor utilization but Stephen Job would be regulating in order to cross check the morning activity.
The company would need a 5,000 sq ft. space initially to place equipment and conduct the ...

Business Memo

This is a case of Apple Corporation and its apparently less than effective efforts of disposing all or at least minimizing the volume of electronic waste that comes as a result of its large scale electronic device manufacturing, marketing, and sales. Basically, the main problem is that most electronic device-related companies, even ones similar or at least close to the size of Apple Corporation do not have a standardized or generally accepted perspective of defining electronic waste and so as a result, they fail to make the necessary efforts to counter their proliferation. Basically, the reason why the proliferation of electronic waste in ...

Executive Summary

BlackBerry Limited is witnessing a decline in terms of market share and revenue. The company struggles to retain its loyal customer base as the consumers are switching to other brands. This marketing plan emphasizes on different marketing aspects that need to be consider by the company in order to regain its old position. The paper describes major strengths of the company that can help the organization in developing competitive advantages and tapping opportunities available in the market. The company is required to formulate an effective marketing plan in order to overcome its weaknesses such as diversified product portfolio, inventions and ...

1.0 Description of the Business and the Business Model
The parking lot spot finder will be in the form of an app. It will coordinate with a camera that is installed on a traffic light or pole near the parking lot. Upon accessing the app, a motorist will be able to search a location either by name or by address. Based on this search, the app will bring up a visual of the parking lot(s) associated with the location. As soon as the motorist determines which parking lot they would like to park in, they will be able ...

Marketing Plan

Marketing Strategy: “FAST food doesn’t have to be FAT food!”
Soupe Café offers Montreal’s urban professionals, and even busy moms, an alternative to home-cooked meal that is healthy, tasty and affordable. It guarantees nutritious and high quality food despite being considered a fast food. Its soup and meal menu changes daily so customers would have a variety to choose from every day. For customers’ convenience, it serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, either as dine-in or take-out. It even delivers within the vicinity of Montreal for individuals or large group catering with a minimum delivery charge and at amount of ...

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Section 1

For the purposes of this assignment, we choose to launch he portable mobile charger. Since we are in the pre-launch phase, there are many sources of funding which can be utilized. Funding forms the most critical element for any innovative start up idea. For example in the U.S.A., about 17% of businesses do not have access to funding (Legros et al., 2013).
Once the idea is established and the business objectives are evolved, it is important to set in to motion the process of fundraising. It is ...

Introduction

The business planning and formulating is not as easy and simple as it seems just like to run operations and deal with staff. To start a new business, it is very important to understand the nature and role of entrepreneurship. Many entrepreneurs have succeeded, and many have failed in the past, it means that there is something exist that can differentiate the successful and failure entrepreneurs. Before conducting a plan for the new business of wedding planner services, it is needed to understand the needs, challenges and risks in the development of new business and how these challenges and ...

Eden Park is the name of the food eateries that I came up with. The restaurant is a contemporary American bistro that is located in the District of Manhattan in the city of New York. Also, the restaurant is situated at the landmark of Art Deco Metropolitan North Building. The Art Deco building in which the restaurant is located faced the Madison Square. The eatery is located in a strategic location where many people pass by to access the landmark which is a tourist attraction site. The city of New York is densely populated which makes the business flourish ...

Executive Summary

Mission Statement
Situation Analysis
General Electric (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate corporation founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1878 and is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. It serves diverse industries such as aviation, consumer electronics, electrical distribution, energy, finance, and healthcare, among others. The company has operations in major markets in more than 100 countries across the world (www.ge.com). In 2015, GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 8th-largest firm in the U.S. by gross revenue, and the 21st most profitable company (www.fortune.com & forbes.com, 2015). As of 2016 the company was listed the ninth-largest in the world among ...

Business Recommendations Based on Pandora Media Inc.

Business Recommendations Based on Pandora Media Inc.

Pandora Media Inc. is an American based internet radio service provider founded in 2000 and stationed at Oakland in California. This company has pioneered the issuance of personalized radio services through the internet. In the contemporary world, the AM/FM radio is losing its significance and current clients prefer real time based radio services round the clock. Pandora manage over a hundred personalized stations that enable listeners to create their own tailored playlists of unlimited music. The company has launched a project known as the Music Genome Project. This project has and is helping clients ...

Business Plan

The target market for the multifunctional Pulz smart watch is the new generation and also consumers who are looking for newer experiences in terms of technology.
The focus of the marketing analysis is on creating a more tailored involvement with the new smart watch brand and create connectivity in terms of the features and also an emotive connect in terms of its utilization.
Companies such as Apple have been able to draw millions of dollars by generating a big idea and then executing it in a manner that excites potential and targeted consumers.
The focus of the Pulz in ...

Summary and Recommendations

This report is about the implementation plan for Integrated Marketing communications for GoPro Company. It manufactures most versatile cameras and their accessories for people with active lifestyle. The company and its products are the result of passion and innovation by its founder and current president Me. Nicholas Woodman. The idea of the product was struck to Woodman when he was surfing in the beaches of Australia in the year 2002. He then painstakingly worked to launch the products in 2004 and achieved tremendous growth for the company in last two years. GoPro went public this year in June. Since ...

iSport Business Plan
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Introduction to iSport

iSport’s mission is to present consumers with the widest variety of designs, styling and clothes that can be used for all kinds of sports, athletics and active living. iSport provides customers access to all major brands and styles for any outdoor activity, from river rafting, running to yoga and winter sports. Given the wide range of brands and prices, iSport can meet the athletic clothing needs of a wide variety of sports enthusiasts, from the beginners to the semi-professional athletes. The collection will encompass not only the major brands like Nike, Adidas, Reebok, ...

Business proposal

Executive summary
Water Idea is a new solution to some of the most common problems encountered by people while determining the best drinks to take for quenching thirst. The following business proposal outlines the main strategies and ideas put in place to come up with a product that consists of water mixed with real fruit pieces. The full implementation of the project will cost $104,000 as indicated on the budget Forty Fruits Companies.

Introduction

Water Idea is a newly created company that aims at producing drinking water flavored with fruits. Most people would require a drink that tastes different from normal water ...

Team Members

Introduction
Company Overview
The company that will be assessed for the project is Dalton, Walton, & Carlton, Inc., which is located in Kansas City, in Mo house. It is in the business of architecture and has approximately 250 employees who are distributed in four cities within the region. The main office in Kansas houses approximately 100 employees and is housed in the main suburb of a neighborhood where security is not regarded as a main concern. An assessment of the security needs will be undertaken and worked on in order to have a secure organization where information assets are safe.

IT Infrastructure

The ...

This paper examines the indusrty of Android phones in the eyes of HTC company. We examine the market situation and what can happen if the market is acquired and transfromed to be a part of the Triangle Solutions.

Introduction

HTC is an acronym for HI Tech Computer Corporation. It is a technological company based in Taiwan and focuses in the manufacture of Smartphone devices. Traditionally, HTC used to center in production of commodities and then brand them codenames such as “hermenes” and the likes. They would eventually sell the finished products to established telecommunication companies. Some of the companies that HTC traded ...