(R. Kaplan, adapted) Caltex, Inc., refines gasoline and sells it through its own Caltex Gas Stations. On...
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(R. Kaplan, adapted) Caltex, Inc., refines gasoline and sells it through its own Caltex Gas Stations. On the basis of market research, Caltex determines that 60% of the overall gasoline market consists of "service-oriented customers," medium- to high-income individuals who are willing to pay a higher price for gas if the gas stations can provide excellent customer service, such as a clean facility, a convenience store, friendly employees, a quick turnaround, the ability to pay by credit card, and high-octane premium gasoline. The remaining 40% of the overall market are "price shoppers" who look to buy the cheapest gasoline available. Caltex's strategy is to focus on the 60% of service-oriented customers. Caltex's balanced scorecard for 2006 follows. For brevity, the initiatives taken under each objective are omitted.
1. Was Caltex successful in implementing its strategy in 2006? Explain your answer.
2. Would you have included some measure of employee satisfaction and employee training in the learning-and-growth perspective? Are these objectives critical to Caltex for implementing its strategy? Why or why not? Explain briefly.
3. Explain how Caltex did not achieve its target market share in the total gasoline market but still exceeded its financial targets. Is "market share of overall gasoline market" the correct measure of market share? Explain briefly.
4. Is there a cause-and-effect linkage between improvements in the measures in the internal business-process perspective and the measure in the customer perspective? That is, would you add other measures to the internal-business-process perspective or the customer perspective? Why or why not? Explain briefly.
5. Do you agree with Caltex's decision not to include measures of changes in operating income from productivity improvements under the financial perspective of the balanced scorecard? Explain briefly.
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Target Performance Actual Performance Objectives Measures Financial Perspective Increase shareholder value Operating-income changes S90,000,000 S95,000,000 from price recovery Operating-income changes S65,000,000 $67,000,000 from growth Customer Perspective Increase market share Market share of overall 10% gasoline market Internal-Business-Process Perspective Improve gasoline quality Improve refinery Quality index Refinery-reliability index (%) 94 points 91% 95 points 91% performance Ensure gasoline Product-availability index (%) 99% 100% availability Learning-and-Growth Perspective Increase refinery process Percentage of refinery 88% 90% capability processes with advanced controls
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