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Architecture 3M of brands and their applications, “Case study 3M” – the perspective of B2B subjects and internal specialists and marketing personnel of 3M
Vojta, Jan ; Machek, Martin (advisor) ; Kolařík, Jiří (referee)
Brand portfolios of multinational firm are a complex organism which is managed by headquarter of organization, in particular by the brands architecture and rebranding. The distributors create a direct feedback relationship from the market and they significantly influence any success of brands. The specific work of marketing personnel with brands is thus influenced by many stakeholders on the market and, in consequence, the specific work becomes a complex marketing activity. This master thesis is concerned with the architecture of the specific portfolio of 3M and the work with its brands. The aim is (i) to map architecture of the specific portfolio of 3M House of Brands and (ii) to assess rebranding form 2015 and (iii) to analyze the work with 3M brands and to formulate recommendation for improvements of the work with 3M. The first part is considers the architecture of brands from a theoretical viewpoint which provides a basis for the mapping of 3M House of Brands. There is also specified marketing research methodology which is applied in the practical part of the thesis concerned with specific secondary data, questionnaire survey and deep interviews. In the practical part of the master thesis there is analyzed 3M Case Study, in which there is described and assessed the empirical research of 3M brands. The research consists of two parts: (1) questionnaire survey orientated on B2B distributors, and (2) deep interviews carried out with 3M marketing and special personnel. The comparison and synthesis of more qualitative data appears that the most important result. The 3M perspectives of the marketing personnel and the distributors on the selection of brand activities differ in spite the fact that their aims are similar. The key recommendation of this thesis is, therefore, to give more importance to preferences of the market and create upon this empirical basis more effective branding activities.
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Marketing strategy of the company 3M in social media
Němec, Tomáš ; Halík, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Luňáčková, Michaela (referee)
Diploma thesis focus on social media as a phenomenon of modern times and their use in a marketing. I will introduce four most frequently used social media - Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube as well as an outline the possibility of their use in marketing. Marketing strategy in social media I decided to introduce through a concrete example - an international company 3M. This company I chose mainly because it operates in the market of industrial products, where online marketing is not as much used and also because it cooperates with University of Economics. After introducing the basic marketing theories and explanations of basic terms I will analyze an existing 3M marketing strategy in social media and on the basis of the analysis and obtained data I will suggest my own possible marketing strategy for the company 3M, which connects all the aforementioned social media.
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The Marketing Strategy of 3M Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid
Peřina, Matěj ; Lhotáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Čejka, Pavel (referee)
This thesis is concerned with B2B market segmentation, situational analysis and proposes a markting strategy for Novec 1230 fire protection fluid marketed by 3M Česko. Firstly a marketing literature rewiev is carried out in order to uncover the most suitabe theoretical approaches to the subject at hand. Then the 3M Company and its Czech subsidiary are presented. In the methodological part there is a description of utilized methods and approaches. Data colection and analysis are executed in the next part. In the last section targeting and positioning are performed and particular actions within the four Ps of marketing mix are proposed.
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Analysis of current segmentation procedures within the 3M Industry and Transportation department and recommendations for future segmentation approaches
Breitbach, Verena ; Lhotáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Cook, Gina (referee)
Abstract: The present Master thesis broaches the issue of market segmentation and its importance for the Industry and Transportation department of 3M Česko. Market segmentation has been recognized to be a very important tool for strategic marketing planning but currently, its implementation at 3M in the Czech Republic is in an early stage and therefore rather unorganized and not yet framed by precise guidelines. The hypothesis is that linking together need-based and descriptive customer behavior characteristics would lead to more effective market segmentation within the 3M Industry and Transportation department. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to first of all test if the hypothesis is right and if so develop a segmentation method that combines descriptive as well as need-based segmentation criteria. It is to be shown that such an approach could improve segmentation efforts at 3M Česko and lead to more reliable results. The question that arises is whether 3M has understood the benefits market segmentation can bring for the company. And what has to be done in order to improve clustering of customers and to increase 3M's sales volume? Can segmentation take place on one level or is a multi-layer approach the better option? The present study tries to answer these questions by comparing theoretical findings from an extensive literature review with results obtained from semistructured interviews with 3M sales and marketing managers. Above all, one of the main points for improvement in the future is the collection of more market data and the combination of primary data with secondary information already available. The interviews have shown that even though managers are aware of the difficulty to understand 3M's complex and broad market, the feeling predominates that not enough effort is put into gathering additional information. Furthermore, it is recommended to perform descriptive segmentation through the usage of industry coding on a division-wide level, whereas need-based segmentation will be subject of each division individually. Moreover, keeping track of customer data in a standardized database is the key to success. The given recommendations are divided into actions that can be undertaken in the short, medium and long run in order to reach a department-wide effective and efficient use of the multi-layer segmentation in an organized and timely manner.
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Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility at 3M Czech Republic
Bogdan, Marek ; Jaklová, Martina L. (advisor) ; Chytil, Tomas (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to present the top management of 3M Czech Republic with a comprehensive solution to their CSR implementation task. The thesis starts by giving the reader an insight into the today's forms of business ownership including corporations and by covering the issue of governance explains why corporations need a solution like CSR. Subsequently, the theoretical foundations of CSR are presented, followed by an explanation of the actual business tool. Additionally, a generic implementation roadmap is devised together with key success factors of this process identified. Based on this generic roadmap, a tailored solution for 3M Czech Republic including specific recommendations on measures and key performance indicators is developed.
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Analysis of the 3M Company´s business and marketing activities
Stašová, Jana ; Halík, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Tejkal, Stanislav (referee)
The subject of this diploma thesis is besides the general introduction of the 3M Company and the B2B orientation which becomes more and more important nowadays also the practical part in form of situation analysis of the Automotive Aftermarket Division (AAD) as well as its marketing mix. The target market conditions, customer and competitive environment much like available human resources are important factors having influence on the components of the 4P concept. The objective of the thesis is not only the determination of common signs but mainly the discovery of differences in business and marketing activities of the Austrian and Czech AAD. Further purpose is disclosing main causes of the Austrian success and proposition of possible measures to the Czech division in order to rise efficiency of its business and marketing activities leading to potential increase in sales results.
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