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- 1. How must SONY change its business strategies for 2010 and beyond? s1170187 Daichi Kikuta
- 2. History of sony ● In late 1945, Masaru Ibuka started a radio repair shop. ● In the early 1950s, Ibuka traveled in the United States. ● In August 1955, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo released the Sony TR-55, Japan's first commercially produced transistor radio.
- 3. History of sony ● In May 1956, the company released the TR-6. ● In 1957, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo came out with the TR-63 model. →It was a worldwide commercial success. ● Sony's headquarters moved to Minato, Tokyo from Shinagawa, Tokyo around the end of 2006.
- 4. About sony ● Under the leadership of its new executive management team established in April of this year, Sony has reformed its organizational structure in order to bolster profitability and transform its operations, with the aim of accelerating innovation and growth and optimizing business processes, particularly within its electronics and networked service businesses.
- 5. As a result ● approximately 80% of Sony’s targeted 330 billion yen (3.7 billion USD) of group-wide cost reductions for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 compared to the previous fiscal year have been achieved in the first half of the current fiscal year.
- 6. Furthermore ● Sony is now positioned to launch a succession of competitive products from the end of this calendar year and into 2010. ● This also means that Sony is becoming a quicker, leaner organization which is more responsive to the market.
- 7. centering on the following four initiatives ● Target consistent profitability in core hardware businesses. ● New user experiences integrating innovative hardware, software and services. ● Reach out to new customers and develop new geographic markets. ● Increase sony focus on environmentally conscious products and processes.
- 8. As a result ● Target returning the LCD TV business to profitability in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011 and achieving a 20% worldwide market share on a unit basis in the fiscal year ending March. ● Target annual revenues of 300 billion yen from networked service business by the end of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
- 9. As a result ● Continue to invest in emerging markets, including BRIC countries, to develop new customer bases. ● Target zero environmental footprint throughout the lifecycle of Sony’s products and business activities as long-term goal.
- 10. Reference ● http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/11/19/sony- ● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony ● http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201