Wriston Corporation: The Detroit Plant Summary: Richard Sullivan‚ recently appointed vice president in the Heavy Equipment Division (HED) of the Automotive Supplier Group of the Wriston Manufacturing Corporation‚ scrutinized one more time the P&L forecast for the Detroit plant – part of the lengthy report on the future of the plant which had been prepared by a task force Sullivan had appointed six months earlier. He saw three major alternatives: close the plant as soon as possible and transfer its
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GROUP SUBMISSION: Due 27 June 2011 Midnight American Chemical Corporation CASE QUESTIONS Read the American Chemical Corporation case that was handed to you. The underlying question to be answered is should Dixon acquire the Collinsville plant. In your case write-up‚ you can discuss the questions given below. Please note that the given questions are to be used only as a guide for your discussion. You do not need to answer the questions in the sequence they are presented. You can use the spreadsheet
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Case: AMERICAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 1. Executive Summary Dixon‚ an American specialty chemical producer‚ wants to buy Collinsville plant from American Chemical Corporation‚ another typical chemical company in 1979. Dixon wants to diversify its product line buy acquiring the aforesaid plant‚ which produces sodium-chlorate to supply to paper producers in Southeastern part of the US. This plant initially cost 12 mln. USD and additional 2‚25 mln. USD needed to buy laminate technology to increase efficiency
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officer. To deal with the short-term liquidity problem‚ he decided to cut costs by reducing staff from 6900 to 3800‚ reducing bonus to staff‚ liquidating the excess inventory‚ prolonging payment to creditors and permanent shutting down of an equipment plant at Escanaba. In 1984‚ there was a liquidation of last in first out (LIFO) inventory quantities at lower costs compared to the current costs of their acquisitions. The effect was to increase income by $2.4 million. The company focused on providing
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY S HR-3 FEBRUARY 1997 HUMAN RESOURCES AT THE AES CORPORATION: THE CASE OF THE MISSING DEPARTMENT Dennis Bakke‚ the CEO of AES‚ a company that develops‚ builds and operates electric power plants‚ sat in his office late in 1996 and thought about the question that was perennially posed to him: could AES‚ soon to have some 25‚000 people located literally all over the world following a recent purchase of power plants in Kazakhstan‚ continue to operate with virtually no staff functions
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1.) CASE STUDY : MAXWELL CORPORATION – DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM: Marks: 15 Division A : roll no. 1 to 30 Division B : roll no.1 to 35 The President of Maxwell Corporation was considering whether the Company should set up its own distribution system or to outsource the entire distribution and logistics functions to a third party service provider. The Company had set up a manufacturing plant in Vizag where a wide range of orthopedic equipments like the crutches‚ wheel chairs‚ heating pads‚ elastic
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I Situation Analysis Industry Whirlpool Corporation is a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of home appliances. It manufactures and markets mainly appliances and appliance-related products‚ primarily for home use. The Company has manufacturing plants in 13 countries‚ and is also an owner of eleven brand names. Whirlpool sends its products to distributors and retailers in more than 170 countries. Its principal products are laundry appliances‚ refrigerators and freezers‚ cooking appliances‚ dishwashers
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Rashmi Shrestha (10324) April 06‚ 2011 Nucor Corporation What are the basic success indicators of Nucor to convince that the company was doing exceptionally well? * Highest return on equity‚ sales growth and profit margin; least debt/capital percentage (exhibit 1) * Zero turnover * A focused strategy Why has Nucor performed so well? Relate your answer to organizational design elements. * Strategy: Nucor maintained a focused strategy that revolved around its major competencies
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POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE Tadeco Road‚ San Francisco‚ Panabo City A Written Analysis of the Case On (Name of the company) In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements In (Subject description) Submitted to: MERY JOJI C. PANTINOPLE Instructor Submitted by: MATTHEW LARR G. ESTOPEREZ Name of student July 5‚ 2008 I. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The case gives an idea about how the competition influenced Jollibee’s strategy‚ both domestic and
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Decision Sheet – Biopure Corporation Marketing Objective – Whether to launch Oxyglobin now or delay it till the approval of Hemopure. If yes‚ then devise a marketing plan for Oxyglobin. Options – 1. Launch Oxyglobin in the market immediately. 2. Defer the launch of Oxyglobin now till Hemopure release. Recommendation – Biopure Corporation should immediately launch Oxyglobin priced at $200. Rationale – Applying SWOT Analysis to the situation: Strengths 1. FDA approval has already come
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