Nokia Assignment
Nokia Assignment
II) History………………………………………………………………. 1
c) Mobile Revolution……………………………………………... 2
d) Nokia Now……………………………………………………… 3
V) PEST Framework……………………………………………….. 5
X) Process Mapping………………………………………………... 15
XI) Conclusion……………………………………………………. 16
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Introduction
The aim of this assignment is to introduce and analyze the basic features of a well-known
Nokia Corporation, which mainly deals with mobile and network communication systems.
To begin with, the company’s historical background will be presented followed by the
examination of certain details about the company, including its mission, business strategy, and
its goals. Also, the PEST framework of the company and its SWOT will be examined and
analyzed. Their Performance objectives (Speed, Flexibility, Quality, Dependability and Cost)
History:
Nokia has been in the business field for more than a century. They have created many
products, services and have established their very own life style. To show its performance and
success in a simple way, its history can be divided into four main Parts:
• Mobile revolution
• Nokia now
The company was founded in 1865 by Frederick Idestam. The company began a paper
mill in Tammerkoski in southern Finland. Frederick Idestam then built another mill by the
Nokiavirta River where he gave the name Nokia to the mill in 1871. Originally, the
Nokianvirta River was named after a dark furry animal, locally known as the Nokia – a type
of marten.
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Following a major industrial force, the company merges with a cable company (founded
by Eduard Polon) and a rubber firm (founded by Arvid Wickstrom) which sets Nokia on the
new path of electronics. Nokia’s first electronic device was a pulse analyzer designed for use
in nuclear power plants in 1962. Their interest in telecommunication systems began in 1963
when they started developing radio telephones for the army and the emergency services, prior
to the manufacturing of televisions, radio phones, data transfer equipment, radio link,
Nokia will change its production and focus on the telecommunication expertise until it
To move to mobile:
In 1979 Mobira Oy was the first phone maker. They begin life as a joint venture between
The Mobile phone revolution started in 1981 with the launch of the first Nordic Mobile
Telephone (NMT) service. The phone industry began to expand rapidly and Nokia introduces
Mobile revolution:
In 1992, Nokia decides to focus on its telecommunications business. This happens when
industry. In the 1990’s, the rubber, cable, and consumer electronics divisions, were therefore
sold. Nokia’s only business turned towards the manufacturing of mobile phones and
telecommunications systems. The strategy of Jorma Ollila was to create a new era of
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In 1992, the company launched its first GSM handset and then introduced their famous
Nokia Tune in 1994. During that year, the world’s first satellite was made using a Nokia GSM
handset.
In 1997 the world famous mobile game “Snake” was presented in the Nokia 6110. Soon
after, in 1998, the company became the world leader in mobile phones. Following a good
deal of research, they launched the first mobile phone “Nokia 7110” which included a WAP.
Nokia Now:
Presently, Nokia is creating more and more mobiles phones with differing functions. The
company also makes sure into diversifying and segmenting its products.
Their leading position pushed the company to go forward in their research. They came up
with the first 3G Phone in 2002, and the multi-player Nokia N-Gage. In 2005, the N-series
In 2006, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo became the new CEO of Nokia and Jorma Ollila shifted to
being the Chairman of Nokia’s board. At that time Nokia and Siemens announced plans for
Nokia siemens network the leading operations of Nokia. In 2007, Nokia launched its new
In order to achieve its goals, Nokia developed strategies. These strategies differ from
country to another, from a culture to another. Companies are always creating a vision and a
mission statement to make everything tacit. Evidently, Nokia has set up its specific missions
and visions.
Mission Statement:
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However, it is important to point out that mission statements do not always deliver the
promised benefits. In reality, mission statements are often unreadable and uninspiring, and
articulate values that are unrealistic or are not aligned with day-to-day organizational
behaviour.
statements and/or on the manager’s perception of the mission statement. Meanwhile, the
Vision Statement:
Nokia wants to create a new world; to transform a big planet to a small village. Their
vision is to create, build, and encourage people from all countries to communicate with each
Humans learn from people around them, but men also seem to forget that beliefs and
thoughts differ from person to person. The way of thinking, experiences, believes are
Their promise:
Getting the trust of the customer is not easy. Nokia tends to help people feel close to what
matters to them. What makes a discussion interesting is exchange and communication; Nokia
gives their customers this possibility. It takes a Human approach to technology: Simple,
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PEST framework:
environment factors that comprise Political, Economics, Social and Technology. Nokia should
be aware of the opportunities and changes occurred in the external environment because of
the diversification of culture and the different external factors between different countries. It
has to adjust its strategic plan in order to develop international Market. PEST is a tool that
1. Political
2. Economic
3. Social
4. Technology
Political:
The political includes all that is in relation to the government and policies. The company
acquires resources from government such as the economical, scientific and technological
policies. The success of Nokia has obtained the resources from the Finnish policies which
The Finnish policies are the most important factors contributing to Nokia. To operate
efficiently, a modern knowledge and technology based on the economy that is highly
specialized; internationalized and undergoing rapid structural change requires active support
from the public sector. In its widest sense, industrial policies, science and technology policy
comprise all those measures by which the public sector shapes the operating environment for
business and this faster are public welfare. These both policies for the Finnish government
and parliament are crucial for the development both of the Finnish economy and of the
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National information society. Finnish government best facilitate the efficient functioning of
the economy by directing resources to the reduction of market failures. The state must also
pursue an industrial and economic policy that provides a stable macro-economic environment
for enterprises, general macro-economic stability, low interest rates, stable currency
conditions, and international competitiveness of the taw system and also the political stability
of the country. The positive political factors are helping Nokia to build a name in the
telecommunication world.
Economic:
During the past few years, Nokia has grown rapidly and had a positive impact on the
Finnish economy. In addition to its growth, Nokia has also impacted the development of
Nokia has gone through different metamorphoses. The history of the company is full of
divestments, acquisitions and joint ventures. These experiences have led the company into
acquiring and building a good image in the society and started to strengthen its operations by
acquiring several electronic companies such as Luxor, Salora and Standard Elektrik Lorenz’s
consumer electronic industry. These acquisitions gave the opportunity to the company to grow
and to create more and more employment in business units inside and outside Finland. Nokia
started creating subsidiaries in Europe and then all around the world.
In the 1990’s, Nokia’s faced a crisis. At that time they had invested into many businesses
when the Finnish economy went into recession. Due to heavy losses and the decrease of some
business lines, Nokia decided to sell a number of business groups. Nokia worked hard to
come out from this economical problem and succeeded into increasing its extension.
Nowadays, Nokia is as much as high as the Finnish budget. In 2000, it has accounted for
3.3 per cent of the Finnish GDP and 24 per cent of total value of Finnish export. Nokia also
invested heavily in R&D and conducted a large share of its research in Finland. Its large
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investment in R&D pushed them to hire more employees hence reducing unemployment in
Finland. Nokia counts more 24 500 employees only in Finland which implies that Nokia
Social:
The relationship between Nokia and the rest of the world is very strong. The company
accepts the responsibility of their worldwide position. One aspect of their corporate
responsibility is to be connected with the communities they affect in order to channel that
programs and partnerships. Nokia has accordingly chosen to support organizations and
projects which reflects its values. Many of their programs contain young people such as “Le
boulevard des jeunes musicians “ in Morocco. Supporting such programs also has a wider
social impact as they directly benefit teachers, parents and other members of the community.
The use of mobile technology help bridge the communication gaps between various
communities around the world. The village phone and “Bridgeit” are good examples.
Technology:
Nokia is investing heavily in R&D to come up with last technologies. They want to offer
the best to their customers and show that they will always come up with sophisticated items
Nokia, as a big company, doesn’t operate randomly. In order to be successful they set up
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1. Embrace the internet:
i. Doing everything on the mobile that we can do on the PC. Using a cell
phone that can replace the laptop is revolutionary. Offer for a truly
i. Nokia has created many types of cell phones in different series. They
market share among converged devices in July 2006 and they have also
shipped more than 70 million S60 devices. Finally, Smart phone market
applications.
i. It’s all the internal component of a cell phone such as the memory and
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SWOT Analysis:
Strengths: Nokia is a dominant player in the Smart phone market via its majority of
proprietary series. It has dominated the world of mobile phones and has created its own
Weaknesses: Nokia produced a phone that gave her for a moment a bad image which is
the N-Gage. They didn’t adopt new ways of thinking. Customers prefer the Clamshell phones
and Nokia was reluctant to produce a clamshell until now, when it launched the first model.
Opportunities: Nokia has the opportunity to increase their presence in the CDMA market
(Code Division Multiple Access), which they are just entering as well as 3G. There is a
possibility to grow in new countries such as India and other small countries.
Threats: Nokia was among the latest mobile phone companies who created the 3G, so
In a world where every one can be connected, we take a very human approach to
technology. Nokia starts its introduction to the global market by that statement as a vision to
create a linkage between people and to get them always connected with each other. Nokia is
world’s largest and leading manufacturer of mobile telephones and network equipments,
which owns an approximately 36% of the global market share. The competition and the
fighting for the top spot in cell phones supplier are the goals where of the value proposition
are set. Nokia believed that its business processes, strategies, structure, organization,
management, and culture and environment drivers are leading to one of the best information
systems.
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Nokia has many competitors such as LG, Samsung, Motorola, and Sony- Ericson and so
on. The graph below shows the competition between Nokia and some other operators in
entertainment features.
According to the graph, LG and Samsung are the top leaders in the entertainment features.
It is noticeable that there is a total absence of a play lives TV for Nokia, which does not
necessarily mean that the company is doing bad. Nokia is still the leader of mobile phones in
the market, why, because they know what the consumers are looking for and what kind of
consumer they are targeting. LG and Samsung mobile phones are not divided into categories;
they are producing mobile phones with everything in it whereas Nokia meets the needs of
each customer.
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Performance objectives:
Nokia is respecting all the important criteria that lead to its success. To make things more
tacit, its performance objectives are listed: Quality, Speed, Dependability, Flexibility and
Cost.
• Quality: Nokia phones are solid. The quality of sound and the button make you
feel ill at ease with the phone. Its materials and components are one of the
most important factors that push the customers to buy it, the design too.
• Speed: A Nokia phone response and transfer quickly items for a phone to
another. Also the short cut, easy, evident and simple to use.
• Dependability: Nokia phone will never let you down because of the high
• Flexibility: They produce cell phone suitable to every kind of person. They
have a wide range of style, from the basic use to the professional one.
Depending on the status, the software’s are not the same. The features of
phones for young people are not the same as the professional one as they differ
• Cost: They produce a wide variety of products ranging from cheap to very
expensive. Most of the people can buy a Nokia starting from 300 Dh, for e.g.
Nokia 3310, to the expensive one like the Nokia Sapphire that cost around
14 000 Dh.
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Nokia’s 4 V’s:
Low Visibility
High HigHigh
Volume: Nokia has a medium to high volume because its produces a large quantity of cell
phones but not everyday. People buy a cell phone once generally for a year or two.
Variety: Nokia produces only cell phone and other software. The variety of the company
is very low
Variation: The variation in demand is very high. Nokia attempts to meet the requirements
Volume: Nokia is located over 40 countries all over the world including shops. We can
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The company has a mass and cell production process. It’s a mass because it produces a
large quantity of cell phones and it’s a cell production because each cell phone is produced in
a plant in China, Finland and Brazil. The manufacturing of each phone is done separately
For Nokia, the reality of a supply chain management is a fact; and the commercial
organisation chosen and the levels of service displayed are proving it.
Nokia doesn’t sale its cell phones directly to individuals, they sale them through
operators such (Bouygues, SFR, Maroc Telecom) and to distributors (Cora, Auchan,
Carrefour…) also to traders who are intermediate who are responsible for the marketing of
The supply chain management of Nokia is very strategic because of the market
expansion. It’s a market who grows slowly, so they should optimize resources and the
capacity of production. Another point that shows the importance of supply chain manager
holds that the competition is exacerbated. One of the operators have manufactured in the
Scandinavian countries, so Nokia has to take decisions to optimize the supply chain to counter
their offer.
As a big MNC, it should be much organised. In the beginning it plans forecast. Nokia
looks to the market three years. Then, they make a forecast in their sales over 12 months.
Every subsidiary develops previsions of their market. In their prevision of sale, things aren’t
simple. It does not only make a historical observation and then have a prevision, no; it must
be taken into account the rate of penetration in the country and its level of growth in the
These 12 months forecast and the daily schedule in the very short term allows two
things. It allows Nokia to know it needs for the next weeks and for the next months, per
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country, per family products. Then Nokia will optimize the capacity of production which is
Nokia is organised in the base of two teams. There is one team of prevision and sales
planning (logistics team), working against a team to optimize the daily production capacity
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Process Mapping:
Nokia Head
quarters
Purchase
department
Buying
R&D
Decisio materials
Department
n
Making a
Prototype e
Storag
Marketing Sales
Department Department
Making Final product
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Conclusion:
It is most probably due to Nokia's innovation and continual progress that the company
was able to attain such a high stand in the market. Another major factor that allowed Nokia to
be so successful was the demands of the customers. Evidently, the customers were continually
searching for faster, better, smaller operators, and it is because of these demands that Nokia
Finally, it would be very interesting to also deeply investigate another major company,
such as Sony-Ericsson, and determine the factors that differed and advantaged Nokia over the
other company.
References:
www.Wikipedia.com
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