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MBA 644 2019 Individual Assignment 1 Gautam Saseedharan
MBA 644 2019 Individual Assignment 1 Gautam Saseedharan
Thursday, 2019-10-03
Gautam Saseedharan
ID: 40122811
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Strength
Weakness
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Opportunities
Threats
B) Problem Statement
Should Peak Sealing Technologies respond to the threat posed by new down market products
to its high quality superior K2 tapes line of products by launching a lower quality economic
product while inevitably lowering its brand positioning or by continuing to stay course with
advanced technologically superior and high quality products without diluting its brand image
and quality standards which has served them well in the past.
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C) What percent of the Total Annual Dollar Margin delivered by K-2 line of
tapes is being threatened by the prospective introduction of Ecoslim and
Ecoplus Wide?
The total annual dollar margin of K-2 line of tapes reduces by 6.6% with the prospective
introduction of Ecoslim and Ecoplus Wide. Please see below exhibits for the data used to arrive
at this conclusion.
Exhibit 1: Calculation of Annual Profits for Tensile products – Ecoslim and Ecoplus Wide
Selling Suggested
Tensile Manufacturer Price to Resale $ Margin Units
Products Variable Cost Distributor price for Tensile Annual Sales Sold
Ecoslim $ 80.8 $ 118.0 $ 159.9 $ 37.3 $ 675,000.0 5,719
Ecoplus
$ 108.0 $ 134.4 $ 213.0 $ 26.5 $ 2,000,000.0 14,877
Wide
Total $ 2,675,000.0 20,596
Formulas -
o Dollar margin for Manufacturer = Selling Price to Distributor – Manufacturer Variable
Cost
o Units Sold = Annual Sales / Selling Price to Distributor
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Exhibit 2: Calculation of Annual Profits for K2-tape line of products
PST K2- Selling Suggested
tape line Manufacturer Price to Resale $ Margin Units
Products Variable Cost Distributor price for PST Sold Annual Sales Annual Profits
RD - 48 $ 76.7 $ 162.3 $ 200.6 $ 85.6 114,288 $ 18,550,085.3 $ 9,781,919.9
RDS - 72 $ 135.5 $ 243.9 $ 303.7 $ 108.4 63,822 $ 15,562,994.7 $ 6,915,751.9
GP - 48 $ 51.4 $ 76.9 $ 95.9 $ 25.4 12,929 $ 993,852.2 $ 329,043.1
LD - 48 $ 59.7 $ 112.9 $ 142.2 $ 53.1 78,177 $ 8,823,838.0 $ 4,153,544.0
HD - 48 $ 121.2 $ 210.1 $ 261.9 $ 88.9 6,872 $ 1,443,669.8 $ 611,058.2
RD - 72 $ 114.4 $ 191.8 $ 239.7 $ 77.4 53,850 $ 10,327,891.5 $4,169,067.0
HD -72 $ 142.2 $ 243.9 $ 303.7 $ 101.6 6,016 $ 1,467,001.6 $ 611,285.8
HDS -72 $ 165.9 $ 293.3 $ 367.7 $ 127.4 34,136 $ 10,011,747.4 $ 4,349,950.5
SD - 72 $ 264.2 $ 525.8 $ 655.0 $ 261.5 3,265 $ 1,716,573.8 $ 853,895.5
Total 373,355 $ 68,897,654.3 $ 31,775,505.8
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Introduction of competitor products will impact the sales and subsequent profits derived from
RD-48 and RDS-72
K-2 tapes line’s Annual Dollar Margin affected by introduction of Ecoslim and Ecowide Plus is
calculated as:
$ 2,101,541.1
= *100
$ 31,775,505.8
= 6.6%
Endnotes
Case and data sourced from “In a Bind: Peak Sealing Technologies’ Product Line Extension Dilemma”, Harvard Business
School Brief Cases (HBP 9-914-533)
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