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Apple
Strategic Management-2
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Group 5Anand Kumar
12P127Ankush Singla
12P129Bhoomi Ashwin
12P131Aditya Ram Chadha
12P132Siddharth Bharadwaj
12P170Soumyajit Sengupta
12P171
Design Thinking & Innovation
Apple Way
AppleWay
Design Thinking
Development
Strategy and
Execution
CEO as Chief
innovator
Bold Business Experimentation
Route to Success
• Products known for what they do not contain i.e. simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
• Products were conceived as being highly interactive
Simplicity in Design &
Use
•Apple products have an inside out design which is a result of painstaking attention to detail
•There was no tradeoff between simplicity of use, looks and functionality
Beyond Fashion
Pioneered PC usage by making customers fall in love with their computers
Insp
iratio
n
Ideatio
n
Implement
ation
Apple Product DevelopmentsEvaluation at Inception Marketing
Requirement Document
Engineering Requirement
Document
User Experience Document
Excellence in Execution
Works intimately with manufacturers
and completely attuned to customers
Interested in material selection
and how things are manufactured
Platform Strategy
Envision a family of products at earliest stages of product
concept and planning
Streamlined portfolio and
extensive reuse within product
families
Benefits the company, its
employees and also the customers
Iterative Customer Involvement
The best way to design software is
with the customer : Participatory
design
Customer’s experience is considered in design making
Beautiful Products
Design used as a motivating factor to continue innovation
Passion for close attention to new
materials and manufacturing
processes
Steve Jobs is Apple.. Apple is Steve Jobs
Refined design sense
New spaces for
the company
Steve Jobs
Across the board excellenc
e
“The system is that there is no system.”
- Steve Jobs
“Think different.”- Apple Advertising Slogan
Retail stores
= Architectur
al Statements
Genius Bar Foot Traffic
iTunes =
Music Store
SWOT Analysis : Apple
Strength
- Strong brand image
- Customer experience
- Innovative design approach
- Simplicity with sophistication
Weakness
- OSX is limited to Apple products
- Some features are compromised to maintain simplicity in design
Opportunities
- New retail stores
- Increasing Apple-loyal fan base
- Widespread usage of smart phones
- Tablet computers
Threats
- Steve Jobs’ illness & subsequent death
- Rise of competitors
- Intensification of open source movement
Apple
Critical Success Factors & Process Design @ Apple
Apple is a perfect example of using core competencies for creating competitive advantage in strategic competitiveness and sustainable
competitive advantage
Thank You!
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