Clayton Industries Case Study LeeAnn Wisniski Elizabethtown College Clayton Industries Inc. was founded in 1938 Milwaukee. Their business was built around window-mounted room air conditioners for residential and light-commercial applications. In the early 1980’s Clayton saw growth opportunities within the North American commercial sector‚ as well as in European residential and commercial sectors. In its expansion‚ Clayton acquired Corliss‚ Fontaire‚ Control del Clima‚ and AeroPuro‚ all European-based
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Case Analysis Clayton Industries: Peter Arnell‚ country manager for Italy Submitted to: Prof. Payal Mehra Submitted by: Introduction to the Case Peter Arnell‚ the new Country manager of Clayton SpA‚ Italy‚ was responsible for the Compression chiller manufacturing unit in Brescia and marketing of the same in Italy‚ Germany and Switzerland. He faced challenges due to global recession and reduction in revenue for the third consecutive year. The corporate leadership has huge hopes on him
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Case Analysis Report Clayton Industries: Peter Arnell‚ Country Manager for Italy (HBS Case # 4199) 1. Evaluate Peter Arnell’s first two months as general manager of Clayton SpA. What are the main challenges he faces? How well is he dealing with them? The biggest challenge Peter faces is the stagnant growth that Clayton SpA has experienced in recent years‚ especially with a 5.3% decline in 2008 and 19.4% drop in the first quarter of 2009 for Italy. This lack of sales directly affects
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Problem Analysis The key business issue facing Clayton in late 2009 is that its Italian subsidiary‚ Clayton SpA‚ has been making heavy operational losses for three years now‚ to the tune of over $1 million USD a month. While these losses have been exacerbated due to a general global recession which has reduced sales (which are down by 19%)‚ their root cause lies in the fact that since 2001‚ Simonne Buis had been making organizational changes‚ and trying to create a more integrated European organization
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RUNNING HEAD: CLAYTON INDUSTRIES CASE ANALYSIS CLAYTON INDUSTRIES A Case Analysis Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Company Background 3 Problem Statement 5 Internal Factors 5 External Factors 6 Analysis 7 Industry 7 SWOT 7 Alternatives 9 Revitalize Clayton SpA 9 Absorption Chillers 11 Recommendations 13 Considerations of Peter Arnell 13 Reduce Capital Use 14 Reduce Costs 14 Rationalize Product Line 15 Align for Growth 16 Conclusion 18 References
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Consumer: Clayton Murray‚ 42 year old married male. The evaluation of this client will focus on identifying his vocational strengths and limitations‚ possible employment opportunities and level of employability. Disability: In 7th grade‚ based on the results of WISC-R‚ Clayton was diagnosed with functional intellectual disability. Mr. Murray also received a diagnosis of Inadequate Personality Disorder or Immature Personality. Additionally‚ he has lower back pain from a surgery 3 years ago. Functional
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Flor Ltd for the total amount of £4971.71 plus interest to date. I wrote to you on 17 October 2015 requesting a refund of £2560.00 for the payment made to Flor Ltd in January 2014. I emailed to you the documents relating to the breach of contract by Flor Ltd and the County Court Judgement against them. You called Mr Wood of Flor Ltd and advised him to reopen the case and you then confirmed to me that you were not going to take any further action because you believed the case was going
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Coverdrive Ltd Case Study‚ Overhead Recovery When John Thistle‚ the management accountant‚ joined Coverdrive one of his early projects was a review of the treatment of production overhead and the impact of ABC – Activity Based Costing. Prior to John’s appointment a single overhead recovery rate had been used for the charging of production overhead to the company’s range of products. In a recent meeting with Steve Ambrose‚ the MD‚ John discussed the need for separate overhead recovery rates for each
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In Class #6.1 – Identify items in inventory Shippers Ltd. had the following inventory situations to consider at January 31‚ its year end: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Goods held on consignment for Boxes Unlimited since December 22 Goods shipped on consignment to Rinehart Holdings Ltd. on January 5 Goods that are still in transit and were shipped to a customer FOB destination on January 29 Freight costs due on goods in transit from item 3 above Goods that are still in transit and were shipped to
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According the Employment Ordinance (Cap. 57)‚ Bluestate Limited have a right to use the Summary Dismissal can dismiss Emma and the company. Here will discuses the reasons. First‚ “willfully disobeys a lawful and reasonable order” (Employment Ordinance (Cap. 57)‚ 2016). Emma was late to work oftentimes. The company was given her two written warning letter and seriously stated that this was the last warning for her‚ if she still haven’t any improve‚ the company will be dismiss her. After she received
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