Dupont was the first company in the world to incorporate a structural solution to product diversification. Following strategic expansion in 1921, Dupont decentralized into separate divisions for each product line. These "business units" operated under unique management and budgets. Example units included agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communication, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation, and apparel. Many sectors containing value added products and customer solutions, but that did not exactly relate well with one another in terms operation. These units differed in capital requirement, industrial maintenance intensiveness, vendors, logistics, and even market strategy. For these reasons it can be highly effective to manage the product lines separately. This form of diversification is common in many corporations today.
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