Blinds to Go: -Income -Fixed Costs -Variable costs per unit -Cost of Goods Sold -How to improve sales -How to increase manufacturing speed and production -Constraints: sales‚ painting‚ packaging A. Individual Participation The most valuable information provided by this course may well come from participation in class; regular participation‚ therefore is expected. Although attendance is highly encouraged‚ we recognize that not all students are able to attend each class session
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Problem Statement If Blinds To Go staffing stores still lack of staff for the expansion plan‚ it is difficult for the company to fill current store requirements for the additional 50 stores per year. Analysis The BTG have problems of a variation of the commission-based compensation plan‚ so they are difficult to keep high-level associates‚ assistants and managers‚ they face to high staff turnover each year and lack of the attraction to recruit new members. In order to analyze BTG’s problems
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New York Institute of Technology Blinds To Go Sheri Pompey Staffing and selection Professor Mohammad Ali‚ PHD July 19‚ 2012 1. Summarize the key strengths and weaknesses of BTG’s staffing system‚ and explain why the factors you identify are strengths or weaknesses. 2. How can BTG improve on the weaknesses you identified in question 1‚ and what can it do to maintain the strengths? In which ways is BTG not prepared to
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Executive Summary: The case‚ based on the company Blinds to Go‚ emphasizes the importance of staffing in stores as they expand to meet their growth objectives. Being a manufacturer and retailer‚ with a unique sales model - 100% commission based and focus on customer service gave the company an advantage over its competitors. According to the senior management Quality of staff was paramount and hence their original compensation system motivated best performance and fostered a high energy
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Introduction Digital transformation in ACompany (Name changed) was championed by the CEO and Founder - ACompany. His intention is to “Go Digital. Go Frictionless” with the Digital Enablement project. His inspiration on why to go digital was simple‚ for him being digital meant being frictionless. He believes that when the business uses the potential of the digital ecosystem‚ everything – from customer interactions to back-end processes‚ decision support systems to enterprise integration – everything
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Executive summary: The main objective of this report is to evaluate the problem faced by Blinds To Go in recruiting the right set of people and developing them in order to achieve the company’s growth objectives. The report starts with a brief summary of BTG wherein there is a discussion about the company’s hiring objectives and the changes made to the compensation structure along with reasons for the same. In order to find more suitable employees‚ BTG is using several channels of hiring like employee
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Briefing - Part One Consult the Consultant Series: Case Study Saturday 19 January 2013 Case study developed by Matt Stocker Ltd in partnership with Warwick Business School WELCOME Thank you for participating in our Consult the Consultant: Case Study Saturday. The purpose of this event is for you‚ as a potential future consultant‚ to gain some insight and experience of the consulting world and a taste of what you may encounter in a case study interview situation with a management consultancy
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An Ethical Dilemma: Go Foreign or Go American “Jobs outsourcing is when U.S. companies hire foreign workers instead of Americans” (The Balance). Outsourcing jobs to foreign workers for lower pay is very common throughout the United States. However‚ outsourcing has been seen as unethical; it creates less jobs for Americans and there are very poor working conditions for these foreign workers. In the case of Carly LeBlanc and her decision on whether to buy locally or outsource and buy from foreign
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What wasn’t that great about it One of the only problems I had with the GO-GO Ultra X was its maximum travel distance - it can only drive for 8 miles on one charge. That’s a shame‚ since it’s otherwise so mobile and maneuverable‚ you’d think the manufacturers would want to take advantage of that as much as possible. Final Verdict The slower speed and shorter battery duration means that this scooter is best suited for short-range travel indoors or to the store. But when this scooter is in its element
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Blinds to Go: Staffing a Retail Expansion In 1954‚ from Montreal‚ Canada‚ Blinds to Go (BTG) business began as a retail fabricator of window dressings. Mr.Shiller was the sole operator of the company and until his son joined in 1970s‚ He persuaded his father to focus on selling blinds. The new business plan generated positive customer responses and by year 2000‚ the business has expanded widely across North America. The business continues to grow. Even though they were growing fast‚ they faced
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