Pepsiamericas-Building a Techsavy Company

Alignment and collaboration between business and IT was increased as a result of a highly

Target Corporation enhance its information warehouses with latest big data that is technologically sophisticated to crunch large data using complex algorithms and provide vital output data for a daily operation as well as strengthen its capabilities over its rival which is a competitive advantage and speed up worker productivity. A quality tracking tool provided by information system tracks each package, parts ensuring the goods meet the quality standard.

The tour at the Pepsi distribution and bottling plant took place on March 31st, 2016. The tour started off with presentations by the Plant Director Alirio Birico and Supply Chain Planner Brian Tam. The presentation covered many interesting facts about Pepsico like the fact that it operates in 200 countries and produces 3,000 different products. 35% of Pepsico’s revenue comes from their new markets. Within Canada, Pepsico has 9,000 employees and distributes to 20,000 stores with their beverage and food sides of the company. Western Canada alone has 1350 associates. As Plant Director, Alirio is responsible for developing and communicating the vision for the future of the plant, which is comprised of many aspects like the direction of where the plant will go in the future and the goals of the plant overall. Alirio must convey strong leadership qualities over his plant and he must ensure the plant is ensuring the highest level of safety. When Alirio was asked what success looks like for him, he replied that having better cost per units is key as well as balancing environmental impacts with proper output.

Following an analysis of the case, the company is currently experiencing internal communication problems and a lack of understanding of how a business that has a matrix structure should operate. By applying a few changes within the organisation will result in the company becoming even more successful.

Pepsi distribution system had become inefficiency and fragmented and lacked scale advantages. It needed to consolidate its bottling group, to build new packaging capacity and expand new territorial scope. Deltex could help Pepsi to achieve this goal. It already had 88,000 points of sales, and owned subsidiaries which manufactured plastic bottles, bottle caps, containers and packaging materials.

This case describes the complexity of PepsiCo's competitive position in the Mexican soft-drink market during the late 1990's. Between 1993 and 1996 PepsiCo and Coca-Cola waged a classic cola war in Latin America. The goal for both companies was to gain market share and by the end of 1996, Coca-Cola had clearly won the Latin America cola war. In 1993 PepsiCo enjoyed a 42% market share in Venezuela thanks to the success of its bottling partner, the Cisneros Group but by the end of 1996, PepsiCo held less than 1% of the Venezuelan cola market. Following PepsiCo's anchor bottler in Mexico, Gemex, the case details the strategies employed by PepsiCo's senior management beginning in 1993 to expand its

1. How did the information systems and the organization design changes implemented by Knudstorp align with the changes in business strategy?

Pepsi Co started in 1965 and became one of the world 's highest end user product businesses with a number of important and precious trademarks (Bongiorno, 1996, p 70).

1. How did the information systems and the organization design changes implemented by Knudstorp align with the changes in business strategy?

From the time Pepsi merged with Frito Lay to form PepsiCo, the organization has grown. PepsiCo expanded their product portfolio to include something for all consumers. As a leader in the food and beverage industry and operating globally, PepsiCo has implemented a strong training background that develops employee’s managerial and leadership skills. The commitment of PepsiCo is Performance with Purpose, which is the pledge to deliver sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and our planet (PepsiCo, Inc, 2012).

PepsiCo Inc. is one of the leading brands in the world's food and beverage industry. It operates globally with a strong customer base and a wide array of products. This paper analyzes the general business environment for this leading food and beverage brand in order to assess what strategies it has been pursuing to operate in this challenging and complex environment. The analysis of internal and external environment has also been done in a view to figure out the biggest strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for the company. The final section gives an overview of the company's resources, capabilities, core competencies, and value chain which can help it to achieve a competitive advantage in its industry.

Define the situation (case summary) Define the major issues, conflicts, and the network . Describe the options (alternatives) for solving these issues. Several internal and external influences serve as contributing factors in the reconsideration of the company’s current system. Changes in customer demands, domestic and global competition, and a unique decentralized management system is now forcing the Westminster Company to reevaluate their traditional supply chain practices. (Bowersox & M.B., 2014) Westminster’s domestic operations consist of three separate companies that sell and distribute products to several of the same customers. (Bowersox & M.B., 2014) At first glance consolidation of the systems can significantly improve

In year 1965, PepsiCo Inc. is founded by Donald M. Kendall and Herman Lay. PepsiCo Inc. was merged by Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay in 1965. PepsiCo is an American multination industry that selling food and beverage. PepsiCo Inc. is the second-largest organisation that produces food and beverage in the world.

A strategic plan for PepsiCo North America is hereby proposed as follows for the geographical region of the national

Pepsi Co started in 1965 and became one of the world 's highest end user product businesses with a number of important and precious trademarks (Bongiorno, 1996, p 70).