John Chambers-Cisco's Driving Force

            
 
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Case Code : LDEN016
Case Length : 11 Pages
Period : 1991-2002
Pub Date : 2002
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Cisco Systems Incorporated Industry : Computer Networking
Countries : USA

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Chambers'Stint at Cisco

In January 1991, Chambers joined Cisco as Senior Vice-President, Worldwide Sales and Operations. At this time, Cisco had an 85.5% market share in the routers business.

The company's US operations accounted for 75% of its sales and 80% of its profits in January 1991.

It was felt that the company's global operations required more attention. Chambers was entrusted with the task of looking after sales in Cisco's global operations.

His responsibilities included handling Cisco's customer service & support, and marketing...

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The Initial Years - Focus on Customers

During the first couple of years at Cisco, Chambers revolutionized the way sales and marketing was handled. He felt that the marketing and product development departments must integrate their efforts in order to satisfy customers...

Transforming Cisco into an E-Company

In January 1995, Chambers was made the President and CEO of Cisco succeeding John Morgridge, who had held the post for six years. Soon after becoming CEO, Chambers laid down his vision of transforming Cisco into an e-company. Chambers planned to automate Cisco's processes so as to offer more convenience to customers. In August 1996, Cisco launched transactional facilities like product configuration and online order placement. These facilities were connected to Cisco's ERP systems. In the same year, Cisco upgraded its network infrastructure to deal better with the increasing number of transactions...

The Human Resources Thrust

Chambers knew that human resources were the key success factors for any company in the IT industry. He took several measures to attract, recruit and retain talented employees in Cisco. Chambers promoted an open work culture at the company...

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