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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
Seoul, Korea
Japan / Korea Trip 2001
Fabio Armani
Julian Carey
Jennifer Goodwin
Agenda
• Samsung Group - Sejarah & Struktur
• Samsung Electronics
• Sejarah
• Fokus perusahaan
• Ikhtisar keuangan
• Strategi
• Struktur organisasi
• tantangan
Samsung Group
• Didirikan pada tahun 1938
• eksportir ikan kering, sayuran, dan buah-buahan
• pabrik tepung dan gula-gula mesin
• 1950 Stabilisasi Ekonomi
• Perang Korea - Samsung kehilangan semua aset
• bertujuan untuk membantu membangun kembali
perekonomian Korea; memasuki industri manufaktur
(gula, kain)
• menjadi pemimpin dalam praktek bisnis modern
(merekrut dari luar)
• Ekspansi 1960 Industri Key
• memasuki elektronik dan industri kimia
• 1969 didirikan Samsung Electronics Co.
Samsung Group
Elektroni
k
28%
Mesin &
Alat
Berat
6%
Bahan
kimia
2%
Jasa
keuanga
n
26%
Lain
38%
% Dari Penjualan ($ 72B)
• distribusi
• hotel
• taman
hiburan tema
• perdagangan
• konstruksi
• tekstil
• pengiklanan
• tim bisbol
• keamanan
• kamera
• pesawat
terbang
• kapal
• truk sampah
• truk minyak
• senyawa polimerisasi
• plastik
• bahan kimia khusus
• asuransi jiwa
• layanan kartu kredit
• perdagangan efek
• jasa keuangan dan
manajemen
kepercayaan
• peralatan rumah
• komunikasi
nirkabel
• semikonduktor
Samsung Electronics
• Established in January, 1969
• 1970’s: Bet the future on electronics
– laid the groundwork for electronics in Korea
– helped the domestic economy grow
– paved the way for exports
• 1980’s: A more comprehensive electronics company
– established plants in Portugal and US
– established Semiconductor and Communication corporation
– began memory chip business
• Early 90’s: Integration and Globalization
• Mid-Late 90’s: Implementing new management
strategies
• New Millenium: Digital Vision
Focus: 4 Core Markets
Home
Multimedia
Mobile Multimedia
Personal Multimedia Core Components
Samsung Electronics
Semiconductors
40%
Digital Media
29%
Telecommunications
23%
Home
Appliances 8%
% Sales ($27B) % Operating Profit
Semiconductors
79%
Digital Media 6% Telecommunications
12%
Home
Appliances 3%
Financial Overview
• Revenue growth and
Operating Income
suffered in 1996
• 1997: New CEO Jong
Yong Yun
– major turnaround
• new business focus
• new management
practices
– very positive results in
1999, but…
Operating Income
(billion Won)
Revenue (billion Won)
Stock Performance
Common Stock
Preferred Stock
… Samsung is feeling the effects of the downturn
in the high-tech market
Strategy
1997 Turnaround:
• Cut a third of workforce, cut debt
• Sold and spun off divisions
• Set “firewalls” to other Samsung Divisions
• New business proposition: profits
• Streamlined inventories
• Diversification
Strategy
New Economy:
• Exodus of engineers and managers to startups
• Top 4 conglomerates: $1.2B in startups
(Samsung: $520M)
– Stakes of up to 29.9% in 80+ startups
• Startups benefit from links to global networks
and financial expertise
“You simply can’t survive without adapting to the
fast-changing Internet era, and one solution is
linking up with startups”
Strategy
Digital Vision: “A Company that leads the digital
convergence revolution”
• Brand power, logistics, IP:
– High-margin products
– Create value chain that integrates competencies of all
areas
– Customer and market oriented
• Global network by function
• Performance evaluation and compensation
system
Strategy
Digital Vision:
• Innovation, meeting challenges and creativity
• Target debt-to-equity ratio: 50%
• R&D: 7% of total revenues
• Overseas partners:
– Joint R&D projects
– Technology transfer arrangements
– Joint investments
Organization Structure
• 4 main groups with 14 divisions
Digital Media
Semiconductors
Information
&
Communications
Home
Appliances
Samsung Electronics
Management & Employees
• 59,000 employees
• Development of employees strategic to
success
• “Making rounds” encouraged as a key
management practice
Recruiting and Training
• Heavy investment
• Focus on creating agents of change
• Expertise in technology and marketing
Culture
• Entrepreneurial
• Profit focused
• Decisive
• Different from other firms in Korea and within
chaebol
Current Challenges
Internal: “You must maintain a sense of crisis to
stay competitive”
• Profits vs. Growth
– Financial discipline
• Foster creativity
• Executives jumping ship for startups
Current Challenges
External:
• Abandon dependence on cheap commodity
products
• Emphasis on goods developed in-house
– Rivals are outsourcing production and design
• Guide the company into the global electronics
elite
Current Challenges
Corporate Governance:
• Cross-shareholding among affiliates
– Shifth funds among subsidiaries
– Manipulate debt-to-equity ratios
• Outside directors appointed by family
• Lack of accountability to outside shareholders

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Samsung electronics master

  • 1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Seoul, Korea Japan / Korea Trip 2001 Fabio Armani Julian Carey Jennifer Goodwin
  • 2. Agenda • Samsung Group - Sejarah & Struktur • Samsung Electronics • Sejarah • Fokus perusahaan • Ikhtisar keuangan • Strategi • Struktur organisasi • tantangan
  • 3. Samsung Group • Didirikan pada tahun 1938 • eksportir ikan kering, sayuran, dan buah-buahan • pabrik tepung dan gula-gula mesin • 1950 Stabilisasi Ekonomi • Perang Korea - Samsung kehilangan semua aset • bertujuan untuk membantu membangun kembali perekonomian Korea; memasuki industri manufaktur (gula, kain) • menjadi pemimpin dalam praktek bisnis modern (merekrut dari luar) • Ekspansi 1960 Industri Key • memasuki elektronik dan industri kimia • 1969 didirikan Samsung Electronics Co.
  • 4. Samsung Group Elektroni k 28% Mesin & Alat Berat 6% Bahan kimia 2% Jasa keuanga n 26% Lain 38% % Dari Penjualan ($ 72B) • distribusi • hotel • taman hiburan tema • perdagangan • konstruksi • tekstil • pengiklanan • tim bisbol • keamanan • kamera • pesawat terbang • kapal • truk sampah • truk minyak • senyawa polimerisasi • plastik • bahan kimia khusus • asuransi jiwa • layanan kartu kredit • perdagangan efek • jasa keuangan dan manajemen kepercayaan • peralatan rumah • komunikasi nirkabel • semikonduktor
  • 5. Samsung Electronics • Established in January, 1969 • 1970’s: Bet the future on electronics – laid the groundwork for electronics in Korea – helped the domestic economy grow – paved the way for exports • 1980’s: A more comprehensive electronics company – established plants in Portugal and US – established Semiconductor and Communication corporation – began memory chip business • Early 90’s: Integration and Globalization • Mid-Late 90’s: Implementing new management strategies • New Millenium: Digital Vision
  • 6. Focus: 4 Core Markets Home Multimedia Mobile Multimedia Personal Multimedia Core Components
  • 7. Samsung Electronics Semiconductors 40% Digital Media 29% Telecommunications 23% Home Appliances 8% % Sales ($27B) % Operating Profit Semiconductors 79% Digital Media 6% Telecommunications 12% Home Appliances 3%
  • 8. Financial Overview • Revenue growth and Operating Income suffered in 1996 • 1997: New CEO Jong Yong Yun – major turnaround • new business focus • new management practices – very positive results in 1999, but… Operating Income (billion Won) Revenue (billion Won)
  • 9. Stock Performance Common Stock Preferred Stock … Samsung is feeling the effects of the downturn in the high-tech market
  • 10. Strategy 1997 Turnaround: • Cut a third of workforce, cut debt • Sold and spun off divisions • Set “firewalls” to other Samsung Divisions • New business proposition: profits • Streamlined inventories • Diversification
  • 11. Strategy New Economy: • Exodus of engineers and managers to startups • Top 4 conglomerates: $1.2B in startups (Samsung: $520M) – Stakes of up to 29.9% in 80+ startups • Startups benefit from links to global networks and financial expertise “You simply can’t survive without adapting to the fast-changing Internet era, and one solution is linking up with startups”
  • 12. Strategy Digital Vision: “A Company that leads the digital convergence revolution” • Brand power, logistics, IP: – High-margin products – Create value chain that integrates competencies of all areas – Customer and market oriented • Global network by function • Performance evaluation and compensation system
  • 13. Strategy Digital Vision: • Innovation, meeting challenges and creativity • Target debt-to-equity ratio: 50% • R&D: 7% of total revenues • Overseas partners: – Joint R&D projects – Technology transfer arrangements – Joint investments
  • 14. Organization Structure • 4 main groups with 14 divisions Digital Media Semiconductors Information & Communications Home Appliances Samsung Electronics
  • 15. Management & Employees • 59,000 employees • Development of employees strategic to success • “Making rounds” encouraged as a key management practice
  • 16. Recruiting and Training • Heavy investment • Focus on creating agents of change • Expertise in technology and marketing
  • 17. Culture • Entrepreneurial • Profit focused • Decisive • Different from other firms in Korea and within chaebol
  • 18. Current Challenges Internal: “You must maintain a sense of crisis to stay competitive” • Profits vs. Growth – Financial discipline • Foster creativity • Executives jumping ship for startups
  • 19. Current Challenges External: • Abandon dependence on cheap commodity products • Emphasis on goods developed in-house – Rivals are outsourcing production and design • Guide the company into the global electronics elite
  • 20. Current Challenges Corporate Governance: • Cross-shareholding among affiliates – Shifth funds among subsidiaries – Manipulate debt-to-equity ratios • Outside directors appointed by family • Lack of accountability to outside shareholders