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ALLIANCE
UNIVERSITY
MADHAV SINGH DHAKAD
SAHIL SHYAM SHARMA
SHALINI KUMARI
AYUSH KUMAR SINGH
SIDDARTH PANDEY
APPLE
“The power to be your best”
CONTENT
• Profile
• Timeline
• Products
• Mission and Vision
• SWOT Analysis
• Functional level strategy
• Business level strategy
• Corporate level strategy
Apple Inc. is an American
multinational technology
company headquartered in
Cupertino, California, United
States. Apple is the largest
technology company by revenue
(totalling US$365.8 billion in
2021) and, as of June 2022, is the
world's biggest company by
market capitalization, the fourth-
largest personal computer vendor
by unit sales and second-largest
mobile phone manufacturer. It is
one of the Big Five American
information technology
companies, alongside Alphabet,
Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft.
Apple was founded asApple Computer
Company onApril 1, 1976, by Steve
Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald
Wayne to develop and sell Wozniak's
Apple I personal computer. Over the
next decade, Jobs guidedApple back to
profitability through several tactics
including introducing the iMac, iPod,
iPhone and iPad to critical acclaim,
launching "Think different" and other
memorable advertising campaigns,
opening theApple Store retail chain,
and acquiring numerous companies to
broaden the company's product
portfolio. When Jobs resigned in 2011
for health reasons, and died two
months later, he was succeeded as CEO
by Tim Cook.
Apple logo
2 July 1976
Launch
Macintosh
24 January 1984
Launch
powerbook
1 April 1991
Introduction
Imac
15 August 1998
Introduction of the
iPhone
9 January 2007
Release of iPad
3 April 2010
TIMELINE
“The power to be
your best”
- TAGLINE
TIM COOK – CEO
$394.33 - TURNOVER
●MAC
●iPhone
●iPad
●other products
PRODUCTS
MISSION
As you look closely at Apple, mission
statement principles will be one of the
variables you have to know first. The
brand's mission statement focuses on
delivering only the premium quality of
products and services to meet the target
market's specific needs.
VISION
The vision statement of Apple guides the brand's
decision-making processes, operations, and
strategic management. It ensures that every
decision brings the company closer to achieving
its goals and mission. An Apple vision statement
can be classified into two aspects. They are as
follows
• Product design leadership
• Carbon Neutral.
MISSION AND VISION
 STRENGTH - MOST VALUABLE BRAND | GLOBALLY ICONIC | TOP TECHNOLOGY | EXPANSION IN
SERVICES
 WEAKNESS - HIGH PRICE PRODUCT | LIMITED ADVERTISEMENT AND PROMOTION | ENTERING
AREA OF NON-COMPETENCY | UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES
 OPPORTUNITY - CONSISTENT CUSTOMER GROWTH | QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL | EXPANDING
INTO CHIP MANUFACTURING
 THREAT - AFTER EFFECTS OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK | INCREASING COMPETITON | CHINA
TARRIFS
SWOT ANALYSIS
FUNCTIONAL
LEVEL
STRATEGIES
Functional Level strategies are divided into:
1. Marketing Strategy
2. Financial Strategy
3. Manufacturing Strategy
• Apple has 3 major segment which they
target.
• The financial strategy adopted by apple is
maximizing margin. Apple products have
unique features, and the customers cannot
go to any store but only too apple
• Apple’s factories must be able to
reconfigure for new products quickly
because of the fast life-cycles (New
Product Flexibility).
BUSINESS
LEVEL
STRATEGY
• Differentiation
• Cost leadership
• Focus
• Company seeks to differentiate itself on the
basis of its products. Apple’s determination to
research and design the products including
Ipod, Ipad, Iphone.
• A great example of Apple’s focus on cost leadership
may be its supply chain network which was given
the best supply chain network award by the research
firm Gartner Inc. for the sixth time in a row in 2013.
• Apple’s focused approach may be best defined by the
advice Steve Jobs gave to Google’s Larry Page to only
focus on products Google is really good at and get rid of
others because they pull down google in the long term.
CORPORATE
LEVEL
STRATEGY
Apple’s commercial- position strategies include the
close-affiliated diversification of its products at
moderate and high situations, including home
computers, particular computers, mobile phones,
music stores, and software.
Another commercial strategy involves forming strategic
alliances in order to profit from husbandry of scale, valve
knowledge from challengers, and partake pitfalls and costs.
Among the alliances that Apple has entered one may present
AT&T for the product of iPhone, Microsoft for software to be
used in Mac computers, and Intel for processors.
Apple beats competition by producing standardized products in the
global request, as engineering design and manufacturing are nearly
controlled and consolidated. It, thus, becomes easy to identify Apple’s
products, the only customization being the power source due to
differences in voltage in colorful countries( Ireland etal., 2010)
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APPLE REPORT.pptx

  • 1. ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY MADHAV SINGH DHAKAD SAHIL SHYAM SHARMA SHALINI KUMARI AYUSH KUMAR SINGH SIDDARTH PANDEY
  • 2. APPLE “The power to be your best”
  • 3. CONTENT • Profile • Timeline • Products • Mission and Vision • SWOT Analysis • Functional level strategy • Business level strategy • Corporate level strategy
  • 4. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totalling US$365.8 billion in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company by market capitalization, the fourth- largest personal computer vendor by unit sales and second-largest mobile phone manufacturer. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft. Apple was founded asApple Computer Company onApril 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Over the next decade, Jobs guidedApple back to profitability through several tactics including introducing the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad to critical acclaim, launching "Think different" and other memorable advertising campaigns, opening theApple Store retail chain, and acquiring numerous companies to broaden the company's product portfolio. When Jobs resigned in 2011 for health reasons, and died two months later, he was succeeded as CEO by Tim Cook.
  • 5. Apple logo 2 July 1976 Launch Macintosh 24 January 1984 Launch powerbook 1 April 1991 Introduction Imac 15 August 1998 Introduction of the iPhone 9 January 2007 Release of iPad 3 April 2010 TIMELINE
  • 6. “The power to be your best” - TAGLINE TIM COOK – CEO $394.33 - TURNOVER
  • 8. MISSION As you look closely at Apple, mission statement principles will be one of the variables you have to know first. The brand's mission statement focuses on delivering only the premium quality of products and services to meet the target market's specific needs. VISION The vision statement of Apple guides the brand's decision-making processes, operations, and strategic management. It ensures that every decision brings the company closer to achieving its goals and mission. An Apple vision statement can be classified into two aspects. They are as follows • Product design leadership • Carbon Neutral. MISSION AND VISION
  • 9.  STRENGTH - MOST VALUABLE BRAND | GLOBALLY ICONIC | TOP TECHNOLOGY | EXPANSION IN SERVICES  WEAKNESS - HIGH PRICE PRODUCT | LIMITED ADVERTISEMENT AND PROMOTION | ENTERING AREA OF NON-COMPETENCY | UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES  OPPORTUNITY - CONSISTENT CUSTOMER GROWTH | QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL | EXPANDING INTO CHIP MANUFACTURING  THREAT - AFTER EFFECTS OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK | INCREASING COMPETITON | CHINA TARRIFS SWOT ANALYSIS
  • 10. FUNCTIONAL LEVEL STRATEGIES Functional Level strategies are divided into: 1. Marketing Strategy 2. Financial Strategy 3. Manufacturing Strategy • Apple has 3 major segment which they target. • The financial strategy adopted by apple is maximizing margin. Apple products have unique features, and the customers cannot go to any store but only too apple • Apple’s factories must be able to reconfigure for new products quickly because of the fast life-cycles (New Product Flexibility).
  • 11. BUSINESS LEVEL STRATEGY • Differentiation • Cost leadership • Focus • Company seeks to differentiate itself on the basis of its products. Apple’s determination to research and design the products including Ipod, Ipad, Iphone. • A great example of Apple’s focus on cost leadership may be its supply chain network which was given the best supply chain network award by the research firm Gartner Inc. for the sixth time in a row in 2013. • Apple’s focused approach may be best defined by the advice Steve Jobs gave to Google’s Larry Page to only focus on products Google is really good at and get rid of others because they pull down google in the long term.
  • 12. CORPORATE LEVEL STRATEGY Apple’s commercial- position strategies include the close-affiliated diversification of its products at moderate and high situations, including home computers, particular computers, mobile phones, music stores, and software. Another commercial strategy involves forming strategic alliances in order to profit from husbandry of scale, valve knowledge from challengers, and partake pitfalls and costs. Among the alliances that Apple has entered one may present AT&T for the product of iPhone, Microsoft for software to be used in Mac computers, and Intel for processors. Apple beats competition by producing standardized products in the global request, as engineering design and manufacturing are nearly controlled and consolidated. It, thus, becomes easy to identify Apple’s products, the only customization being the power source due to differences in voltage in colorful countries( Ireland etal., 2010)