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Assignment:
What Company is Best Managed in the United States?
The answer could be P&G. Ratings by the Drucker Institute on overall corporate effectiveness show that P&G is certainly among the most effectively managed firms in the United States. P&G CEO, David Taylor, explains that, "Every day P&G people work to serve consumers with superior brands and reward shareholders with balanced, sustainable long-term growth and value creation. This recognition is further validation that we are on the right track."
The Drucker Institute analyzes performance of companies across the functional areas of business, including more than 35 metrics, such as market-share data, patents, and employee ratings. Information is collected and analyzed to determine how well companies are doing according to Drucker's core principles: customer satisfaction, financial strength, employee development, innovation, and corporate social responsibility. P&G received exceptionally high scores on innovation, social responsibility, and financial strength. P&G competes in the consumer-products industry. The company's finance chief, Jon Moeller, explains that P&G wants to focus on product categories that are used daily, such as toothpaste and soap, so of late has narrowed its product mix, disposing of underperforming brands and cutting back from more than 100 brands to around 65.
Simultaneously, P&G has cut over 20,000 jobs and trimmed nearly $10 billion in costs. P&G puts its cash to good use and is considered a "dividend king" by some experts. P&G Chief Information Officer, Javier Polit, explained that "What was previously cost-prohibitive is now cost-effective with the use of the cloud. We're about to forecast now in ways we couldn't before. We've seen improvements in regard to the quantity of raw materials we buy, and the costs associated with ship and restock." As stated by CEO David Taylor, "it is a combination of a few key capabilities that determine whether any company will be successful, especially "superior products that delight customers," "exemplary technology," and what underpins it all is "acquiring the best people."
Start by summarizing the key events in a clear and persuasive manner. Next, do some research and report any significant developments that may have occurred since the time the case study was published.