Acer 2005 Annual Report Download - page 33

Download and view the complete annual report

Please find page 33 of the 2005 Acer annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.

Page out of 89

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89

- 28 -
commitment in all aspects, from product quality, customer services, channels to
advertisements. The essential of the brand is to let end- consumers to experience the
whole process.” The Company believes that “Asian companies are more competitive, in
certain ways, than US companies to develop brand business. Due to the small size of local
markets, Asian companies need to expand businesses outside of their home countries;
hence, they are more adept and sensitive to the changes of the foreign markets and
cultures. US companies, on the other hand, are comparatively region-minded and lack of
such “local touch” because of the size of US markets” and will continue to become a
world leader in the non-direct sale business of IT products.
(6) Long Term Advantages, Disadvantages and Solutions of Company
A. Advantages
a. Continuously adopt the “3-One, 3-Multiple” strategy, enhance “One-company,
One-brand, One-Team” policy and “Multiple-Suppliers, Multiple-Products,
Multiple-Channels” business models, with the global competitive experiences,
possess empowering technology, speed, quality controls and have flexible supply
chain management, risk management, win-win strategy, and implement corporate
governance.
b. Fully leverage Chinese culture advantages, implement the workable “New
Channel Business Model” in Chinese market, also enhance the efficiency of
inventory and expense management, brand advertisement, and offer the
competitive prices of digital life services.
c. The worldwide PC market expects a 10.7% growth.
d. Fully leverage Taiwan advantages in research, design and innovation to ensure the
competitiveness of raw material resources and product prices.
e. Invest IT management and security. Due to the improvement of world economy
and investment environments, enterprises will invest more and more on IT related
areas.
f. Continuously invest the projects conducted by Product Value Lab. Product Value
Lab has gained a prominent achievement in “Empowering Technology” and other
products and services innovation.
g. The more popularity and low cost of broadband and wireless helps the long
distance IT service. Company will make use of this opportunity to achieve the IT
service business.
h. The introduction of LCD TV will generate another growth of IA business industry.
B. Disadvantages
1. The political issues and uncertainty between Taiwan and China are still not settled
and clear.
Solution: The Company hopes the political issues such as “Ant-Secession Law”