The Hershey Company Hershey’s customer base consists of wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, department stores and natural food stores. The company has made significant changes over the past decade to strengthen its relationships with these customers. Primarily, the company has worked on improving its customer relationship management (CRM) which “enables
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Mission Rose-Marie Waters Dr. Robert Waldo Human Resource Management Foundations – HRM 500 Week 3: April 22 – April 28, 2013 Recommend the redesign of Hershey’s performance management system to appeal to the diverse groups that it employs. Hershey has redesigned its performance management system to appeal to their diverse group of employees, specifically the “millennials”, by implementing a “bottom up” style of performance management. Millennial generation employees are defined by their birthdate
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procedures that result in the optimal functioning of the organization. One of the organizations that found it necessary to redesign its performance management system is the Hershey Company. Faced with an aging workforce of baby boomers and many new hires of millennial workers (the generation of workers in their twenties), the Hershey Company redesigned its performance management system in order to appeal to its diverse workforce. The redesigned system resulted in two major components. The first component
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I. The Hershey Company’s Background The Hershey Chocolate Company was first founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894 as a subsidiary of Lancaster Caramel Company. Hershey’s products are sold in sixty countries currently worldwide. Hershey currently employees roughly 13,000 employees. Hershey manufactures, distributes and sell a variety of chocolate and confectionery products, gum and mint products and pantry items. Hershey is one of the oldest chocolate companies currently in the United States and
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Introduction Working for any organization can be hard, but working for one of America’s favorite candy manufactures with such as long history such as Hershey can be challenging. According to ycharts.com as of 2010 The Hershey Company (HSY) is worth $5.67 billion. With a history that goes back to the late 1800’s it is safe to say that Hershey is doing something right. In the case titled Hershey’s Sweet Mission states that “the company defines its mission in terms of its relationship with all stakeholders
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Dongyang Zhu BMGT440 Hershey Case Study Hershey Food Corporation was initially founded by Milton Snavely Hershey, with the born of Hershey Chocolate Company. Soon after Milton Hershey learned that the secret of mass production for his chocolate lay manufacture of huge quantities of one item, standardized in design, and with a continuity of streamlined output that held down cost. Hershey had generated sales of $5 million by 1911, more than eight time the company’s first-year revenues. By 1921
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activities adopted by an organization to enhance the performance of their employees. The Hershey Company is one of many Fortune 500 companies that use the performance management system to aid in the implementation of the company’s goals and objectives. Hershey endeavors to provide a dynamic and challenging workplace that affords employees the opportunity to develop their skills and talents. With its diverse work groups, Hershey must think of ways to effectively manage its unique workforce. For instance, with
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Hershey Company Name University Abstract The Hershey Company introducing the world of chocolate examines the remarkable successes and failures of the company. They are the largest North American manufacturer of chocolate and sugar confectionery products in its constant pursuit to maintain growth and profitability in a competitive industry. Hershey Company has an array of chocolate and confectionery products, which includes candies, beverages, baking ingredients, gums, syrups, and toppings
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534-6550 E-mail: mpogharian@hersheys.com Matthew F. Miller Investor Relations Manager Tele: (717) 534-7554 Fax: (717) 534-6550 E-mail: mfmiller@hersheys.com Prepared by: The Hershey Company Investor Relations Department 100 Crystal A Drive, P.O. Box 810 Hershey, PA 17033-0810 Internet: www.hersheys.com The Hershey Company Fact Book Table of Contents Page(S) 3 4 5-24 Mission Statement Acquisition/Divestiture Summary Key Corporate Events Financial Data Summary of Statements of Income - GAAP:
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534-6550 E-mail: mpogharian@hersheys.com Matthew F. Miller Investor Relations Manager Tele: (717) 534-7554 Fax: (717) 534-6550 E-mail: mfmiller@hersheys.com Prepared by: The Hershey Company Investor Relations Department 100 Crystal A Drive, P.O. Box 810 Hershey, PA 17033-0810 Internet: www.hersheys.com The Hershey Company Fact Book Table of Contents Page(s) 3 4 5-24 Mission Statement Acquisition/Divestiture Summary Key Corporate Events Financial Data Summary of Statements of Income - GAAP:
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