Memo To: Jack Clark Cc: Mozaffar Khan‚ Derek Johnson From: Mauricio Sadi Andrade Date: March 15‚ 2010 Subject: Lehigh ’s 1993 product mix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this memo is to recommend you a product mix for Lehigh in the year of 1993 based on profit calculations and other business considerations. Recommendation: 1993 product mix should include only High Speed Based on an approach resultant from the combination of ABC plus Theory of Constraints (TOC)‚ I recommend
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Press clippings Indian steel industry plays a significant role in the country’s economic growth. The major contribution directs the attention that steel is having a stronghold in the traditional sectors‚ such as infrastructure & constructions‚ automobile‚ transportation‚ industrial applications etc. Moreover‚ steel variant stainless steel is finding innovative applications due to its corrosion resistive property. India is the fifth largest steel producer at the global front and struggling to become
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What is BCG matrix? The BCG matrix is a chart that had been created by Bruce Henderson for the Boston Consulting Group in 1968 to help corporations with analyzing their business units or product lines. This helps the company allocate resources and is used as an analytical tool in brand marketing‚ product management‚ strategic management‚ and portfolio analysis. Analysis of market performance by firms using its principles has called its usefulness into question‚ and it has been removed from some major
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRY India Steel Industry Steel Companies in India The steel industry‚ in general‚ is on the upswing‚ due to strong growth in demand propelled particularly by the demand for steel in China. The world scenario coupled with strong domestic demand has benefited the Indian steel Industry. [pic][pic]During April-December 2004- 05‚ production of finished steel recorded a growth of 4 percent over the corresponding period of the previous year to reach 28.3 million tonnes
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Reading/Video questions for Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Prologe “Yali’s Question” 1. What is Yali’s question and why did it motivate Diamond to write this book? Yali’s question was “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea but we black people have little cargo of our own?” Jared Diamond wrote this book to answer Yali’s question because he didn’t have an answer when Yali asked him the question. 2. What are other ways that Diamond asks
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DIAGNOSIS Maureen Frye failed to implement the proposed plan to change the call patterns of salespeople responsible for selling extruded titanium products at Quaker Steel and Alloy Corporation. The failure was due to a lack of understanding of the following components: Organization Communication Culture Structure Directives Interpersonal The principle error Maureen made was underestimating how significant company culture could impact decision-making at every responsibility
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Lehigh Steel Background- Lehigh Steel was founded in 1913 and it manufactures specialty steels for high strength‚ high use applications. In 1975 it was acquired by Palmer due to its ownership of Continuous Rolling Mill‚ a specialized equipment that convert steel intermediate shape to wire for Palmer’s bearing. The industry as a whole is highly competitive‚ even a small change in price could alter customers’ consumption decision greatly‚ keeping costs down is therefore‚ one of the most important
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strategy Introduction The steel manufacturing company Corus focuses on meeting the needs of its worldwide customers and providing innovative solutions. It manufactures‚ processes and distributes steel and aluminium products worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel‚ part of the giant Indian conglomerate. Tata Group includes businesses in many industries - for example‚ chemicals‚ automotive‚ telecommunications‚ leisure and consumer goods (such as Tetley Tea). Tata Steel acquired Corus in 2007 as
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It’s a fact‚ when talking on the subject of war‚ we presume that if the generals and country leaders didn’t start them‚ they would by no means occur. In a book like Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger‚ though‚ there seems to be one more requirement‚ ready and enthusiastic soldiers. Junger would have probably preferred themselves "warriors" or barbarians. It’s within this book that Ernst Junger tells the story of a man who describes and most likely believed that the battlefront of World War I was not a
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7/5/2011 | Tata Motors | “TATA NANO” in usa | Executive Summary This due-diligence report concludes our findings regarding the feasibility of implementing the Tata Nano‚ the world’s cheapest car‚ for expansion into the U.S. market. Taking into consideration the general environmental analysis‚ we have concluded that increasing oil prices and a stagnant economy have coupled to increase opportunities of market demand for vehicles that are; inexpensive‚ fuel-efficient and compact with very
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