analysis of the Allentown Materials Corporation case study reveals a number of issues mostly related to the untimely death of a respected leader‚ the subsequent change in leadership‚ and also the management style of the newly appointed upper-level managers. This paradigm shift in operational management strategy is one of the root causes of the conflict between departments‚ absence of teamwork‚ and low morale. Additionally‚ radical changes are required to bring Allentown Materials Corporation into a new
Premium Six Sigma Quality management Strategic management
Because MEPD‚ a self-contained division of SMA‚ achieved a profitable operating margin of 6.5% in 1990‚ is seems clear that they have survived an industry shakeout in the micro-electronic and telecommunications market. However‚ this is short of their targeted goal of 25-30%‚ which they achieved just five years earlier (see Appendix 1). This mediocre performance is the result not only of an industry downturn but also profound organizational and structural problems at MEPD. Due to increased competitiveness
Premium Management Manufacturing Marketing
They are not developing products fast enough. Each functional team independently judging the viability of the product. The status of the project was never clear cut. * Different departments have different goals. Plant Managers are looking in gross margins. Sales departments focused exclusively on volume with no concern for gross margin * The lack of co operation and dis trust between Product development Marketing causes delay in development of new products * Spichty is not
Premium Sales Marketing Management
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS DIVISION ALLENTOWN CORPORATION Don Rogers inherited a very dysfunctional Electronic Products Division amid a fiercely competitive‚ shrinking total market for its components. He did not receive adequate support from Corporate during his transition. He did not demonstrate the best leadership resulting in a decline in the overall performance of the division. If corporate is committed to providing
Premium Management Leadership
Course title: Product and Material in modern society Course code: ME1D02 Project title: Application of materials in kitchenware: Frying Pan Name: Pun‚ Yinkiu Student ID: 12118148d Page number: Submission Date: 30th November‚ 2012 Content Section 1: Introduction and Objective-------------------------------------------p.3 Section 2: Literature review--------------------------------------------------------p.4 Section 3: Methodology-------------------------------------------------------------p
Premium Copper Aluminium Frying pan
Merton Electronics Corporation About company -Since its founding in 1950 by Thomas Merton‚ Merton Electronics had been a distributor for GEC‚ a large manufacturer of electrical and electronics products for consumer and institutional market. -Over the years‚ in addition to the GEC products‚ the company had added noncompeting lines of electrical appliances‚ records‚ compact discs‚ and cassettes. -Four years later‚ it entered into an exclusive import agreement with the Goldstone Corporation of Taiwan
Premium United States dollar Currency Foreign exchange market
written material in printed format. As technology grows more and more concepts began to emerge such as electronic materials; which have significantly improved our way of receiving information. So since technology is constantly changing we may begin to notice how different the idea of print materials and electronic materials really are; due to the many ways they benefit us as a society. Now in today’s society we are beginning to want to stray away from the idea of having Print materials or otherwise
Premium Printing Movable type Science
Case --- Diagnostic Products Corporation Sha Wu 1) Evaluate the design and the implementation of the performance bonus program at DPC. What changes would you suggest‚ if any? In this case‚ the FSE (field service engineers) is an important part of the whole corporation and also the system. The system is established to influence the performance of the FSEs to a desirable way and keep their customers satisfied. Therefore‚ the company designed a six areas method for the performance bonus program.
Premium Reward system Brain stimulation reward English-language films
Executive summary This report is to discuss the problems that Electronic Products Division (EPD) had incurred‚ and to present our finding along with the recommendation to address the issues. At the organizational level‚ the new product development process is slow which adversely affects the division’s growth. In addition‚ the business is becoming fiercely competitive and customers become more price-sensitive which has resulted in sales declines and price erosion. The major problem at EPD is that
Premium Organizational structure Management Strategic management
Executive Summary We are discussing the case study of Merton Electronics Corporation (MEC). Although company is doing well as far as sales is concern but their net profit is dipping. This is due to increasingly difficult market conditions as well as fluctuation in international currency prices. Patricia Merton is president and majority shareholder of MEC. MEC is exposed to three currencies Japanese Yen‚ US Dollar & Taiwanese Dollar. Major concern of MEC is volatility of Yen and Taiwanese Dollar
Premium United States dollar Foreign exchange market Exchange rate