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Glanbia is an international nutritional solutions and cheese Group, headquartered in Ireland" (Glanbia.com. About Us. 2011). The company has expanded revenues and profits year over year as a result of intense focus on business models aligned with "U.S. Cheese & Global Nutritionals division and Dairy Ireland division" (Glanbia.com. Strategy. 2011). The company's vision is to "be the leading global nutritional solutions and cheese group" (Glanbia.com. Strategy. 2011) through consistent delivery of value added products and services for their customers. Accomplishing this task though depends on Glanbia executive management navigating the labyrinth of challenges associated with environmental regulatory compliance. Glanbia's efforts in this regard will determine their efficacy in leveraging their core competencies to "deliver attractive and growing returns to shareholders and excellent solutions and service to our customers" (Glanbia.com. Strategy. 2011).
Pestel- Environmental
The Glanbia 2010 annual Report cites environmental regulatory compliance as one of its greatest operational risk management challenges (Glanbia Annual Report 2010. P. 30). Across Glanbia's operational divisions involving dairy production and global nutritionals; the company depends on economies of scale and scope in their manufacturing and production facilities for driving profitability via their two business models. Environmental compliance for Glanbia is certainly focused "at a minimum to comply with all regulatory and legislative requirements" (Glanbia Annual Report 2010. P. 35) however, more crucial is developing environmental solutions which can drive streamlined cost structures and efficiency through the value chain: inbound and outbound logistics and operations (Quick MBA.com. N.D.). As the company operates "manufacturing and processing facilities in seven countries" (Glanbia.com. Divisions. 2011) there are considerable regulatory environmental compliance issues ranging from: energy efficiency, carbon emissions, waste water, site waste, and recycling. Glanbia must allocate considerable resources to ensure their operations meet or exceed government specific mandates.
One such example is the "European Committee of Standardisation and the launch of Europe's newest energy management system, EN 16001"...
P. 35). This management system regulates energy consumption as well as monitors emissions for EU companies operating across multiple industries. Glanbia's Ireland division was recognized "to be the first dairy company in the world to achieve this standard and the business unit was fully compliant in 2010" (Glanbia Annual Report 2010. P. 35). In meeting this standard, Dairy Ireland's "energy efficiency per tonne of product produced improved by 4.5%" (Glanbia Annual Report 2010. P. 35). Apart from the importance of adhering to governmental regulatory compliance; the development of technologies and operational procedures to reduce energy consumption and promote efficiency, find utility in reducing cost expenditures.
Core Competencies
"To be the leading global nutritional solutions and cheese group" (Glanbia Annual Report 2010. P. 12) depends on a company- wide focus of developing and enhancing profitable revenue channels aligned to the organizations specialties. Glanbia's core competencies are an innovation environment and "operational excellence through strategic cost management" (Glanbia Annual Report 2010. P. 12).
The global nutritionals business model underscores Glanbia's commitment to product innovation; "a focus on growth sectors and markets and expansion in nutritional solutions" (Glanbia.com. Business Models. 2011). Success in this space depends on research and development and a commitment to rigorous scientific testing and study, with Glanbia's financial allocation to R&D recorded at 8,037,000 Euros and 7,686,000 Euros respectively in 2010 and 2009 (Glanbia Annual Report 2010. P. 103). The R&D investment over the past fiscal years has allowed the Global Nutritionals division to prosper accounting now for "approximately 23% of total Group revenue" (Glanbia.com. Business Models. 2011).
Glanbia's competency in strategic cost management is their ability to manage the value chain through a vertical integration model, which allows for greater control over logistics and operations (QuickMBA.com. N.D.). In this context the company's "development of the Southwest Cheese joint venture" (Glanbia Annual Report 2010. P. 16) exemplifies management's thrust in this area.
In 2004, we formed a 50:50 joint venture…
References
Glanbia.com. (2011). About Us. Glanbia.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011 from http://www.glanbia.com/about-us
Glanbia.com. (2011). Business Models. Glanbia.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011 from http://www.glanbia.com/business_models
Glanbia.com. (2011). Divisions. Glanbia.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011 from http://www.glanbia.com/division
Glanbia.com. (2011). Strategy. Glanbia.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011 from http://www.glanbia.com/strategy
Glanbia Annual Report 2010. Glanbia.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011 from http://www.glanbia.co m/download/pdf/2010_Annual_Report.pdf
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