The Transformation of Procter & Gamble into a Sustainable Serial Innovator
A New CEO
It is June 6, 2010. A few minutes before a business meeting in California A.G. Lafley, Procter & Gamble´s President – Global Beauty Care and North America receives a phone call from John Pepper, Chairman of P&G. John Pepper gets right to the point: “Are you prepared to accept the CEO job at P&G?” Durk Jager who has been P&G´s CEO resigned the day before after 30 years of service for P&G. Without too many questions A.G. Lafley accepts John Pepper´s offer. He becomes P&G´s new CEO.
What happened under Durk Jager
P&G is renowned for its innovations. Products such as Tide, the first synthetic detergent, or Pampers, the first mass disposable diaper, or
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Lafley underwrites the strategy that Jager pursued. He, too, feels the need for more innovation. And also in Lafley´s mind the new global product-based organization structure is the right one in order to get more advantage out of innovations (see Att. 1 for P&G´s organization structure, and Att. 2 for P&G´s Purpose Statement). But when Lafley takes over as CEO he sees the need to improve P&G´s execution, and to take much better care and to grow the core business which has been milked before in order to invest in new brands and products. Under his leadership P&G focuses on a few simple but powerful topics: • P&G puts the consumer at the center of everything they do. Lafley coins the phrase: “The consumer is boss”. • P&G makes sustainable organic growth the priority instead of acquisitions. • P&G´s opens up its innovation system, it innovates innovation. This latter change towards an open innovation system is probably the most revolutionary one. It is based on the following simple logic: P&G has about 9000 employees in R&D working in 150 scientific fields. And the potential of this R&D organization has even grown over the last few years as the sharing of ideas and expertise and the formation of networks is being fostered through intranet sites such as P&G´s InnovationNet. P&G has close to 30,000 patents and each year another 5,000 are added on average. But on the other hand, counting the number
Established in 1837, Proctor and Gamble (P&G) had developed a holy grail of principles and practices. Its philosophy is focused on individual talents, abilities and how best to make use of them. P&G source this talent from within the organization attracting people willing to spend their entire career with the company. Proctor & Gamble has developed a reputation of caution in the industry of household 's sundries and personal care products. It 's marketing strategies and judgements towards different markets stand out to the competition. Extensive marketing research and testing are "trademarks" that distinguish P&G in the industry. "Internal operations at P&G are described as thorough, creative, and aggressive by some, and slow, risk
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Procter and Gamble Co. also know as P&G, is an American multinational consumer goods company, founded by William Procter and James Gamble. Its products include cleaning agents and personal care products. It has in its kitty global brands such as Ariel and Tide in the Fabric care segments and Head & Shoulder, Pantene and Rejoice is the Hair care segment. For this case study selects P&G Company as it has an important role in the consumer segment products. As P&G was a popular company, the financials statement shows better performance in the previous year.
Procter & Gamble Co is an American global consumer goods company. P&G have various products that range from personal hygiene products to household products.
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some difficult decisions. Only eight months into his job as chief marketing officer (CMO) of GE’s
P&G has one of the largest and strongest portfolios of trusted brands, including Pampers, Tide, Pantene, Bounty, Pringles, Gillette, Crest and Olay. They provide not only products of various brands, but also high-quality and well-packaged goods which can satisfy customers in all aspects.
The main issue of the P&G Korea case is centered around the question of market share. P&G and Unilever are the two major market shareholders in the Korean detergent industry holding 80-85% of the total market share. The remaining 15-20% of the market is held by low-priced local Korean brands. There are no new markets either company can tap for further market share since most Korean households already use laundry detergent, making the market saturated. Other than peripheral chemical changes claimed to be “improvements”, there are no major innovations to be explored for product development or diversification. Per Ansoff’s strategic opportunities matrix, P&G and Unilever are both focused on Market Penetration,
Consequently P&G aimed to increase its innovative capacity and speed in order to accelerate global rollout of products and brands throughout new structures and policies. This was the main goal of Organization 2005:
The Procter & Gamble has vast differentiated products due to its innovation culture. This is not just the invention of new products and services, but the ability to systematically convert ideas into new offerings that alter the very context of the business (Charan, 2008). The product differentiation allows the P&G to charge premium price for its products and assists to capture market share from its rivals by increasing the product demand.
P&G need to work hard and do more research and development in order to produce higher quality, more innovative, and more unique in products in order to answer consumer’s need and compete with those major world brand competitors.
Abstract: This report explores P&G's "Connect and Develop" open innovation initiative. Its focus is to analyse this innovation strategy in the context of the formal academic theory, other P&G's programmes and the company situation. Its objective is to understand the impacts, challenges and problems of implementing a large open innovation initiative inside a corporate giant such as P&G. Keywords: Procter & Gamble, P&G, Open Innovation, Connect and Develop, Innovation Networks
P&G is a multinational Organization of consumer goods situated in United States. It sells products like personal care, cleaning agents, pet foods. The P&G Company is well known for its unique strategy which cares about the need of human. It not only makes its product available to its consumers but also tries to improve the life of its consumers. This strategy is more focus on its consumers wants and that is why it has an appeal to the heart of the consumer. The company has diversified its product line and also acquired other companies which have significantly contributed in the growth of their profitability.
Procter & Gamble is one of the most successful consumer goods companies in the world. There are many brand names found under the name of P&G INC . Scope, a mouth-wash brand, is a part of P&G. Scope was introduced as part of oral hygiene industry in the year 1967, in Canada. Scope had the highest market growth in Canada.
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a world-leading producer of consumer goods. Today, it consists of over 20 million dollar brands (like Gillette) and operates in 42 countries