Sales of Different Divisions from Apple Inc.

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Here is an organizational chart with Apple and its divisions. The divisions are divided up  and below are the sales, in billions, of what each division made in the 2010. The most sales that Apple inquires are from iPhone related products and where Apple doesn’t make that much is from hardware, since they just update the products that they have.

Organizational charts, also called organization charts or org charts, are diagrams that reveal the overall structure of the workforce of a company. Through an organizational chart, the formal indirect or direct relationships between the positions in a company are presented. The chart also shows how different departments are connected.

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Apple’s Divisions Represented On A Pie Graph

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Here is a pie graph dealing with all the division sales as percentages within the Apple corporation. Shown in the graph we can tell that Apple gets more sales out of iPhone related products and only 3% from its hardware. Overall Apple does well in hardware providing  iPads, iPods, and Mac computers for an overall 49.6% of sales. 

 

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HootSuite: A Social Media Dashboard

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In my strategic management class I had to pick a social media dashboard to blog about, I picked HootSuite.

A dashboard is a web site that organizes information that you can easily interpret and read. It also presents information visually through graphics –charts, gauges, maps, and tables. I always wanted to know what Hootsuite was and now I have the chance to blog about it and share my intelligence with all of you.

Information about Hootsuite: The company HootSuite Media, Inc. located in Vancouver, Canada, it was founded on November 8, 2008. HootSuite helps organizations use the social web to launch marketing campaigns, identify and grow audience, and distribute targeted messages across multiple channels.

Here are some companies that are using HootSuite now: The Onion, Ted, The White House, Fox, BET, Papa Johns, Los Angeles Times and many more.

When using HootSuite, there are fascinating features that goes along with your social media needs. Some of the remarkable features include:

Secured Profile: Protection against corporate social profiles from the web and mobile accounts.

Spread Messaging: updating has never been easier. You can update multiple networks in one step. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and WordPress.

Track Results: Review in real-time statistics and reports.

Team collaboration: Manage multiple contributors and share data without sharing passwords:

For more neat features and other information check out HootSuite.com

 

 

 

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Apple’s Mission, Vision, & Business Description

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Mission Statement

“Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.” (Source: Apple Website)

Vision Statement

“We believe that we are on the face of the earth to make great products and that’s not changing. We are constantly focusing on innovating. We believe in the simple not the complex. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products that we make, and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. We believe in saying no to thousands of projects, so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us. We believe in deep collaboration and cross-pollination of our groups, which allow us to innovate in a way that others cannot. And frankly, we don’t settle for anything less than excellence in every group in the company, and we have the self-honesty to admit when we’re wrong and the courage to change. And I think regardless of who is in what job those values are so embedded in this company that Apple will do extremely well.” (Source: Apple Website)

 

Business Description

“Apple has an “i” for revolutionary technology. Since its release, the company’s iPhone has spurred a revolution in cell phones and mobile computing. It also continues to innovate its core Mac desktop and laptop computers — all of which feature its OS X operating system — including the iMac all-in-one desktop and MacBook portable for the consumer and education markets, and the high-end Mac Pro and MacBook Pro for consumers and professionals involved in design and publishing. Apple scored a runaway hit with its digital music players (iPod) and online music store (iTunes). Its iPad tablet computer could become another game-changer in the consumer market. Apple gets more than half of its sales from outside the US.” (Source: Hoover’s Inc)

Mind Map of the Computer Manufacturing Industry

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Here below is a mind map of the computer manufacturing industry. The parts are broken up into: Industry definition, market size and growth rate, key rivals and market share, concentration, key buyers and competitive rivalry. Information brought to you by IBIS World




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BOA Customers Are Speaking Up… And They Are Not Happy

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Since my last blog about the outrageous regulations that say it’s ok for Bank Of America and other big banks to start charging $3,$4 and even $5 a year for services that were once free, I have found out that a lot of customers are not happy about this. The new article from Fox Business states,”Bank of America will start charging a $5 monthly debit card fee starting next year — a move that has incited fury amongst many of the nation’s biggest bank’s customers.” Well I think I would be pretty fuming myself if I received a notice in the mail from my bank stating that I have to start paying a $5 fee for using my money.
So now we are starting to see the banks are now starting to act upon this ridiculous regulation. They are doing this because they have to start charging, as soon as next month, the retail stores only 21 cents every time someone uses their debit card instead of the previous 44 cents per transaction. BOA says it’s losing money since they are charging the retailers lower and now we have to pay for it since debit card transactions are a very important source of income for them.
Banks like Citigroup are not following the trend or peer pressure and will not be charging debit card fees. Hearing this, I am glad to see that there are still some banks out there that care about their customers instead of making money. There are questions on many people’s minds now, will you still use BOA and these other banks when they start charging you to use your money? Fox Business opened that question to twitter users and they found that a lot of customers will not be staying at the banks that charge them to use their money. Click here to see what customers have tweeted.

Are you spending your money to use your money?

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Why do we need banks? The most obvious reason is so that we do not have to carry big sums of money with us and it is somewhere safe to be saved. Now Americans that are working hard 40-80 hours a week cash their checks or possibly even have them direct deposited in the bank, but no matter how it gets there we put our money in the bank. We all know that banks close early on the weekends, so when we want to go out and buy something, for instance, on a Saturday we use our debit or credit card. For the sake of this blog we all use debit cards, so we are out and we buy a nice pair of shoes. These shoes are on sale from $100 to $60 bucks, great deal! I’m saving money. You swipe your debit card and the transaction goes through. So on monday, if you have a bank like mine, you get to see the transaction of what you purchased on Saturday. Theres one thing wrong when you look at your statement. The $60 (+tax) pair of shoes is on there and there is an extra $5 charge?
An article from Fox Business states, “Bank of America Corp plans to charge customers who use their debit cards to make purchases a $5 monthly fee beginning early next year, joining other banks scrambling for new sources of revenue.” I think this is outrageous, the article says that the reason for this happening is because the banks are scrambling for money. Didn’t the banks get a bailout from the government? Where is all this money going if it is not going back into our economy?
I would never have thought that this would be an issue. This world doesn’t make sense, working Americans are working longer hours because of this economy and trying to support their families and now we have to spend more money to take our money out because the banks keep spending it all. Why are we being attacked because the banks can’t control their income statements? Banks including Wells Fargo & Co, JPMorgan Chase & Co and SunTrust Banks Inc are currently testing monthly debit card fees. Find out if your bank is doing this and if so back out because no one wants their hard earned money going down the drain for a bank.

Things we want the iPhone 5 to be, is being a big brother one of them?

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There is all this hype about the new iPhone 5 coming out, well iPhone lovers won’t be disappointed, the iPhone 5 could be announced as soon as October 4, this is the first big product from the new CEO Tom Cook. So I was reading up on the iPhone 5 through an article written by Michael Grey and it seems promising. Believe it or not there are couple more things that Apple is doing to the iPhone as improvements or as new features all together. Now you’re asking yourself how can this be, the iPhone is top of the line already what can they actually change? There are three things, that we want to see, and probably will, that will be added to the iPhone 5 and one thing that we’ve never seen before.

First thing is wireless capability. I know the iPhone can be hooked up with the internet through WIFI connection and I know the iPhone can play music wirelessly through the computer or someone else’s computer. So why not take one step further how about syncing the music you purchased from iTunes to your computer, but you cant seem to find the cord. Not to worry, because the iOS 5 can sync wirelessly to your computer. The article states, “You won’t have to plug in that quirky Apple iPhone cable to move music, movies, and pictures back and forth between your phone and computer. Simply bring your iPhone nearby and let the operating system and iTunes automatically do the work for you.” This will be an amazing feature to have since everything else in the Apple world is wireless. I have an iMac and it’s virtually wireless, except for the power cord of course. Apple is the one company that has truly figured out the meaning of cordless and that this is much easier and safer for customers and their families.

Another thing when it come to the wireless enhancements on the new iPhone 5 (or possibly later model) is by far my favorite solution to the most common problem with ANY phone. This is the problem of charging, it will now be wireless. That’s right, we might see this in the iPhone 5 or possibly in a later generation. We know this works because Apple’s competitor HP came out with its touch pad that has wireless charging capabilities. This will make using the iPhone a lot easier to use since there will be no wires to charge or to sync.

The second enhancement will be an improved camera. Faster, enhanced pictures, that upload to any Apple product (wirelessly as we touched on earlier). Grey states, “An automatic rule-of-thirds overlay will provide visual cues to making your photos more dynamic and interesting.” AlsoThe new iCloud service will make your photos automatically available across your Apple devices, giving you faster, more convenient access to pictures no matter what gadget you happen to be using.” This improved camera will be a photographers dream. You will also be able to use the camera in the locked setting and control the shutter with the volume buttons.

Finally the iPhone might be a big brother, Micheal Grey states, “Our final wish for the iPhone 5 is, essentially, a little brother. Since the cost tiers for iPhone models are proportional to its internal storage capacity, a smaller iPhone based on cloud storage seems like it would be the least expensive option.” Since Apple came out with the cloud it is revolutionizing how Apple see its products and becoming unstoppable. If Apple has this memory bank why not come up with ideas to make things smaller and more convenient for the on the go type.

Knowing Apple there are even more amazing features that will be released on the iPhone 5 that they have not leaked to the public just yet. I have been a droid customer for a few models now, but this iPhone might make me switch to one more Apple product in my life.

Young Americans Are Delaying Their Future

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Remember when you were a kid thinking about get that fireman job or being a doctor? Remember when you couldn’t wait to go to college and move out of your parents house? Then you got there and you made those dreams come true, got your job, meet someone, got married and started a family with couple of kids? Sad to say those are not the dreams of young Americans anymore.  A recent study has shown, article from Yahoo! News, Just 55.3 percent of people between 16 and 29 were employed in 2010 on average, according to new figures released by the Census Bureau. That is a 67.3 drop from 2000 because of this recession.

The outcome of this monster drop since WWII is that young Americans are delaying their future, from getting out of their house, delaying getting married and having kids. Roughly 5.9 million Americans between 25 and 34 lived with their parents. That’s up by 25 percent since before the recession began in late 2007 according to Yahoo! News.

This is defiantly a very big issue since we need the economy to back up so we can start creating jobs and not put the fear into young adults for moving out or starting a family. I am seeing this more than ever, friends that still live at home that are 25,26 that are working at McDonalds with a degree because they are scared they cannot make it financially in the world. If this continues to happen the United States is going to be like Europe and have the highest percentages of unemployment for young adults.

Apple, Google, and HP Strengths and Weaknesses Compared

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Apple (AAPL) HP (HPQ) Google (GOOG)
Strenghts Strong brand image provides an edge over competitorsRobust financial performance strengthens investors’ confidence and provides capital for future growth avenuesFocused R&D driving innovation and consolidating its market position Robust marketpositionSignificant brand recognitionSuccessful inorganic growth Significant brand imageStrong infrastructure baseRobust financials
Weaknesses Patent infringement lawsuit may affect financial condition and operating resultsProduct recalls may harm Apple’s reputation and add significant warranty and other expenses Lack of significant presence in various market segments Lack of product integration
Stats Apple (AAPL) HP (HPQ) Google (GOOG)
Net sales of iPad and related products and services was $5 billion during 2010Unit sales of iPad were 7.5 million during 2010Leverages its brand image to differentiate its product offering and drive sales
In FY2010, net sales ofiPhone increased 93% to $25.2 Billion

The company sold 7.33 million iPads in the first quarter of 2011

The net sales of Mac desktops and portables increased 43% and 18%

Net sales of other music related products and services increased 23% compared to 2009.

Apple is the fourth largest player in the global mobile phone market. The company holds a market share of approximately 5% and trails Nokia, Samsung and LG Electronics, which hold 29%, 18.5% and 6.5%

The company’s total revenue increased to $65,225 million in FY2010from $19,315 million in 2006, representing a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36%.

The company’s net income rose at a CAGR of 63% to $14,013 million from $1,989 million in 2006.

Apple’s net income margin also improved to 21.5% in 2010 from 10.3% 2006.

The company’s cash and cash equivalents stood at $51,011 million in FY2010, which grew at a CAGR of 50% from $10,110 million in 2006.

The company’s R&D expenditure was $1,782 million, $1,333 million and $1,109 million in FY2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

 In 2008, the company had over 18% market share of the global PC market followed by Dell (14%), Acer (11%) and Lenovo (7%).In the global server market, the company was a leader with over 30% share in 2008The company was the leader with a market share of 47% of shipments in 2008, followed by IBM with over 26%

It further strengthened itsposition in the IT services market through the acquisition of EDS in 2008 to become the second largest player

 Brand was valuedat $100 billion, making it the world’s first $114,260 million brandAccording tocomScore, Google had 66.8% of the global search marketAdvertising revenues from Google websites accounted for 67% of its total revenues in FY2009, compared to 66% and 64%, respectively in 2008 and 2007

Web sites accounted for 69%, 68% and 65% of the company’s advertising revenues in FY2009,FY2008 andFY2007, respectively.

Revenues have increased from $16,594 million inFY2007 to $23,650.6 million inFY2009

Operating profit increased at a CAGR of 28% for the period 2007–09 from $5,084.4 million in FY2007 to $8,312.2 million inFY2009

Operating net profit margins have increased from 30.6% and 25.3%, respectively, inFY2007 to 35.1% and 27.6%, respectively, inFY2009.

At the end ofFY2009, its cash and cash equivalents stood at $10,197.6 million, compared to $6,081.6 million inFY2007

Its stockholders’ equity increased from $22,689.7 million in FY2007 to $36,004.2 million inFY2009.
Weaknesses Nokia filed a revised suit against Apple with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging that Apple has infringed Nokia’spatents in almost all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers.In 2010, due to antenna problems in the newly launched iPhone 4smartphone, demands for product recall were raised. The company’s portfolio of offerings lack significant software product or manage consulting services when compared to its major competitors including IBM, Accenture andEMC, among others The company has focused more on launching new products in recent years and less on integrating productsUsers have been unaware of its new products because they are embeddedso deeply within Google’s sitesLack of product integration puts Google at a competitive disadvantage against more integrated rivals such as Yahoo