Case Study of a Business
Rexam PLC is a Consumer Packaging company. Consumer Packaging is the
packaging that reaches the consumer, e.g. Bottles and cans etc. Rexam
PLC is the parent company of Rexam Glass LTD among other companies,
and it is based in Britain. Rexam PLC has multiple business
activities.
One of their activities is the production of beverage cans and
bottles, and almost 80% of Rexam PLC's sales come from beverage
packaging. Rexam PLC is the biggest manufacturer in the world for
producing beverage cans. In a year they can expect to produce over 40
billion cans, with 38 beverage can plants in America and Europe. Rexam
PLC also make plastic and glass beverage bottles, and is a leading
manufacturer in these areas of business.
Rexam PLC also works in other areas of business, healthcare (drug
dispensing machines etc), beauty (make up deodorant sticks etc) and
food (containers for dairy products etc).
More importantly though Rexam PLC own Rexam Glass LTD. I shall go on
to explain Rexam Glass LTD's core and peripheral activities in detail,
and how these activities help Rexam Glass LTD to meet the aims and
objectives sat by the company.
Rexam Glass LTD is one of Rexam PLC's 12 manufacturing factories in
Northern Europe. The Rexam Glass Glass LTD which is based in Monk
Bretton, Barnsley, England, is the biggest glass making site in
Europe.
Rexam Glass LTD is a major player in the glass making business, and
the Monk Bretton site can expect to make in excess of £100 million
turnover per annum, producing a huge 360,000 metric tonnes of glass in
a year making it the largest container production factory in Europe ...
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... commodities produced for their customers, to the customer, "just in
time". This means that instead of storing the goods at Rexam Glass,
when Rexam Glass have the order completed, which will cost money,
Rexam Glass will transfer the goods straight to the customer, for the
containers to be filled and sent off to the shops, which in turn will
sell the finished product, with it's filling straight away.
This also stops the storing of the empty glass containers at Rexam
Glass's factory/warehouse, which will raise the price of the
containers for Rexam Glass's customers, which in turn will turn Rexam
Glass's customers away, resulting in the loss of profit, meaning that
employees will have to be laid off, leading to an unsustainable
business. This will result to Rexam Glass being shut down if the loss
of profit continues.
Rexall is a Canadian originated company. Just like any other successful companies Rexall has it’s organizational teams that perform different functions.
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The purpose of this section of this report is to define the marketing concept; to explain what it means to be a market-orientated organisation; and to show that Tesco’s appear to be a successful, market-orientated company. Furthermore, that Tesco’s employ strategic relationship marketing to offer value to customers’; and achieve higher revenues and brand loyalty in return. Finally, to explain that being market oriented may also have some disadvantages if not carried out effectively.
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