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Proctor And Gamble: Holy Grail Of Principles And Practices

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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 …show more content…

Top-management was looking forward to a Europe wide marketing strategy, in contrast with their subsidiaries which maintained that country profiles varied and marketing in one country would not be the same as marketing in another. Management wanted to adopt a Europe wide strategy so as not to lose out on market share else where in Europe. A single country approach would
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force P&G to lose market share elsewhere. Another argument was that cost of customizing P&G 's products ran into the millions, a standard product could save P&G from incurring these costs. The Euro Brand Team was created to manage these Euro-wide objectives. Each country would be given a lead role in forwarding an all-Europe strategy for a product that was most successful there. coordinated between subsidiaries in teams. Activities would be

Whether these teams produce

results is yet to be seen, all depends on the launch of the HDL liquid, Vizir.

The Problem Statement
Should the launch of the new HDL liquid be authorized?

Methodology
The problem statement will be analyzed with respect to alternative marketing strategies available to P&G for launching the detergent. Consideration will be given onto whether the Vizir launch should be German-based or a Europe-wide and how this will affect standardization of the product in terms of product formulation, advertising, and promotion. The discussion shall

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