Study of Procter and Gamble
A Company like Procter and Gamble can attract the attention of any one in the whole world. It made and still makes the life of any individual much easier by providing him with reliable products that he appreciates for their superiority and their safety. Today, in Egypt, the products of Procter and Gamble have conquered the Egyptian market. In every house, one or more products are found. As a result, the Egyptian local products could not compete with this outstanding quality that P & G offers. The public is interested in gathering more information about the company. That is why, knowing more about the earlier foundation of the firm, its purposes and core values, the process of innovation of its products, its annual report and the link between it and its branch in Egypt could satisfy the people's curiosity.
Procter & Gamble refers to William Procter, who "established himself as a candle-maker", and James Gamble who "apprenticed himself as a soapmaker" (P&G History 1). Procter and Gamble first started in 1837 in Cincinnati. At that time, the marketplace in that country was not encouraging to run businesses because of many financial problems. Despite that, P & G ran their company. More specifically, on 12 April 1837, William Procter and James Gamble started to produce and to offer these products to customers. They both started with two main products, which were soap and candles. At the same year, and precisely on 31 October 1837, Procter and Gamble signed up the contract of their partnership and started their business together. Twenty years after signing the contract, P & G sales reached $1million and at that time the company had about eighty employees. In 1862, and during the civil war,
P & G Company was ordered to produce a big quantity of soap and candles to fulfill the Union armies' needs. Seventeen years later, a new type of soap called "Ivory" was invented. By 1890, the types of soap that P & G was producing were about thirty taking into account the "Ivory". In the same year, the demand for soaps was increasing. Thus, to be able to meet the customers' increasing demand of their products, P & G company decided to expand the business to go outside Cincinnati to reach overseas and this "increased capacity and improved distribution of products to customers" (P&G History 2). Later on, P & G started t...
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The company's actual performance could be deduced by looking at its 1998 Annual Report. Its worldwide net earnings for the year 1998 were 3.8 billion dollar, which is 11% increase over the prior year and $37.2 billion net sales accounting for a 4% increase over the prior year. It has total assets of $30.9 billion and liabilities of $5.7 billion. It's obviously clear that the company is taking good care of its products because its expenses in advertising and the research and development of the goods are $2.6 and $1.56 billion respectively. This is an evidence of how much consumers demand our products and how this initiates the company to develop 300 brands to satisfy five billion consumers all over the world.
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COMPANY DESCRIPTION In 1837, James Gamble and William Procter, formerly of the UK, started a family-run soap and candle company after they married sisters. The company they formed so long ago grew to be an American multinational consumer goods company. This company is Procter & Gamble Co, better known as P&G. Its headquarters is located in Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.
Once America’s most innovative consumer products company, Procter and Gamble (P&G) started by selling soaps and candles in a small Cincinnati storefront in 1837 (Procter and Gamble, 2008). After a hundred and seventy-one years P&G has grown to over one hundred household brands in over eighty countries (Markels 2006). Their products range from air fresheners to prescription drugs. However, as P&G headed into the twenty-first century they announced that they would not be meeting their 1st quarter earnings forecast [Lafley, 2003]. Revenue margins were dropping and P&G was quickly losing market share to Kimberly Clark and Johnson & Johnson. After missed earnings P&G’s stock price fell from $59.18 to $26.50 between January 2000 and March 2000 (PG). Upset, the board of directors pressured then CEO Durk Jager to resign after a lack luster attempt at turning P&G around and replaced him A.G Lafley, an unproven CEO, whom analysts felt lacked the experience to give P&G a much needed clean up (Lafley, 2003).
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P&G’s hiring process includes seeing how a person would relate to, compare with, and connect to the following: (1) The power of the minds. P&G looks at applicants with the ability to out-think, out-invent, and out-play the best competitors over time for the benefits of the consumer. P&G wants to hire candidates that are eager to create and exhibit limitless curiosity. These desires for more creative and innovative ideas will help P&G with their future business. (2) The power of people. P&G strives to build an environment that develops the individual talents for the value of all. This allows P&G to have the competitive advantage because of the “collaboration and development of self and others” (Da Silva-Powell, 2014), and (3) The power of agility. P&G can be fast, flexible, responsive, and versatile in complex and a rapidly changing business environment. P&G wants to be proactive and be ready to meet changes in the business environment head on and be diligent in employee
P&G is an international and famous consumer goods founded in United States by Williams Procter and James Gamble both from the United Kingdom since 1837 about 177 years ago. P&G manufactures diversified range of product such as personal care, cleaning items, beauty product, pets food, drugs, & other beverages. Their products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world through grocery and departmental stores and retailers. They are also among the world’s most profitable consumer product company, with highest amount of sales. Their products are recognized in most part of the world. Their company have an organizational strategy to touch the live of its employees which is the major strength and competitive advantage of the company.