of 20th century operational management strategies such as Just in Time (JIT) and Lean Manufacturing‚ companies had to alter its operational efficiency and the way it conducted its business in order to grow and stay competitive. Costco Wholesale Corporation entered the wholesale club industry in the early 1980s (Tayan‚ 2003). The idea behind a wholesale club was to maximize profits by minimizing operational costs and maximizing inventory turnover ratio. The company experienced tremendous growth from
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Manufacturering Corporation (RMC) is considering moving some of its production from traditional numerically controlled machine to a flexible manufacturing system (FMS). It’s computer numerical control machines have been operating in a high variety‚ low volume manner. Issues 1. 1 . As a productions manager for R.M.C‚ what do you recommend? Why? 2. Prepare a case by a conservative plants manager for maintaining the status quo until the returns are more obvious. 3. Prepare a case for an optimistic
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Generally‚ the board of directors are responsible for the following duties: 1) duty of care – duty to make/delegate decisions in an informed way; 2) duty of loyalty – duty to advance corporate over personal interests; 3) duty of good faith – duty to be faithful and devoted to the interests of the corporation and its shareholders; 4) duty not to “waste” – duty to avoid deliberate destruction of shareholder value. There is no reason to believe that the duties of Vector’s board should be any different
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Citation: Garcia v. Spun-Steak‚ 512 U.S. 1228 (1994) FACTS Parties: Plaintiffs – Priscilla Garcia and Maricela Buitrago Defendant – Spun Steak Company Spun Steak Company is a California corporation that produces poultry and meat products. Spun Steak employs thirty-three workers‚ twenty-four of whom are Spanish-speaking. Garcia and Buitrago are fully bilingual production line workers. Spun Steak employees spoke Spanish freely to their co-workers during work hours. Spun Steak received
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Read the case “Zychol Chemicals Corporation” given below and concisely answer the questions that follow at the end of the case study. As a general guideline‚ please try to limit your answers to a paragraph or two for each of the questions. Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ in Houston‚ Texas‚ is preparing his quarterly report‚ which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs is production data prepared by Sharon Walford‚ his operations
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Case Study 15.1: TRANSACT INSURANCE CORPORATION Steven L. McShane‚ University of Western Australia‚ and Terrance Bogyo‚ WorkSafeBC TransAct Insurance Corporation (TIC) provides automobile insurance throughout the southeastern United States. Last year‚ a new president was hired by TIC’s board of directors to improve the company’s competitiveness and customer service. After spending several months assessing the situation‚ the new president introduced a strategic plan to strengthen TIC’s competitive
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Comfort Corporation | | This board report summarizes the arguments for why it is believed that the acquisition of Southern Comfort Corporation (including Caligrapo Inc.) is a strategic fit that will increase shareholder value through increased sales and profitability | | Vinny Perumal | 3/7/2011 | | CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary 2 2. Background 3 1.1 An Industry Analysis 3 1.1.1 A Mature Industry 3 1.1.2 Key Success Factors 3 1.1.3 Competitor Analysis 5 3 Qualitative
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Running Head: SUNSHINE HEALTH CORPORATIONS 1 Sunshine Health Corporations Natasha Bing Grantham University SUNSHINE HEALTH CORPORATIONS 2 Abstract Networking plays a vital part in business today. It provides the tool to link people‚ software and hardware together. It
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Case Study 3: Estimating the Cost of Capital 1. Currently Teletech Corporation (TC) uses a single hurdle rate for both their Telecommunications Services (TS) and Products and Services (P&S) divisions. This hurdle rate obtained by an estimate of TC Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)‚ which is calculated at 9.3%. When analyzing critically at this point‚ TS is underperforming with a return on capital (ROC) of 9.1%‚ whereas‚ P&S segment is well over the required rate of return as it is gaining
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“American Chemical Corporation” Case Summary The key problem in this case is should Signal decide to approve the acquisition of the Collinsville plant at the price and on the terms proposed in the case As per an agreement with the government‚ American Chemical Corporation needed to sell the Collinsville plant after the acquisition of Universal Paper Corporation‚ or it be in violation of the anti-trust law. In the case‚ Signal agrees to buy the entire assets of the Collinsville plant at the price
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