BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY‚ SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY (THE CASE OF ALFA LAVAL LUND AB) MSc in Business Administration Author Godwill Tapisi Mukonje MSc in Business Administration School of Management gota06@student.bth.se Supervisors Lars Svensson and Björn Ljunggren April 2009 Godwill Tapisi Mukonje‚ Master’s Thesis‚ BTH 2009 0 This thesis is submitted to the School of Management at The Blekinge Institute of Technology
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Remote/macro-environment Analysis: Socio-cultural‚ Technological‚ Economy‚ Environmental/Ecological‚ Political‚ Legal (STEEPDG) The US automobile manufacturing industry includes about 200 companies with combined annual revenue of about $250 billion. Major companies are GM‚ Ford‚ and Chrysler (which is controlled by Italy ’s Fiat). The industry is highly concentrated: the top three companies account for more than 90 percent of revenue. Selling the Vision Most US auto manufacturers have experienced difficult times in
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SUMMARY American companies want to reach the level of Japanese companies on business success. Japan has its own style of management‚ consisting of four main points. From America is the political pressure on Japan to more imports of goods and investing money in American industry. The result is a clash of two styles of managements. PROBLEM Difficulties in applying Japanese management techniques to the American employees. CAST OF CHARACTERS a. CEO 2M Mr.Yoshi Hajima b. Japanese model of management
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There are similarities and differences between the Virginia Company and the Massachusetts Bay Company. Both settlements began with a journey to the New World from England. Both settlements were funded by investors. However‚ one of the biggest differences is the reasoning behind the colonies starting. The Virginia Company began solely for economical profit and was a Royal Colony (supported by the Queen). The Virginia Company was the first settlement in 1607. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded
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CASE FOR USE WITH OROS QUICK® ABC SOFTWARE Blue Ridge Manufacturing Company BACKGROUND: Blue Ridge Manufacturing is one of a dozen companies that produces and sells towels for the U.S. "sports towel" market. A "sports towel" is a towel that has the promotion of an event or a logo printed on it. They’re called sports towels because their most popular use is for distribution in connection with major sporting events such as the Super Bowl‚ NCAA Final Four‚ Augusta National Golf Tournament
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Data Sources Primary Data Primary data is that kind of data which is collected directly by the investigator himself for the purpose of the specific study. Primary Data is collected by the investigator through interviews of company employees‚ vendors‚ distributor etc. Data such collected is original in character. The advantage of this method of collection is the authentic. A questionnaire of about 50 questions was made and it was given to the dealers to fill it up for our research
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operations. Managerial accounting its differences between the financial accounting because it concerned with preparing financial reports and releasing information to the general public. Managerial accounting focuses on three business issues which are allocating the cost of goods or services‚ cash management or budgeting and financial forecasts. Managerial accounting uses cost allocation methods to allocate various business costs for each item produced by the company. Cash management and budgeting outlines
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1. Discuss the importance of manufacturing industry in Malaysia. Manufacturing is the use of machines‚ tools and labor to produce goods for sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity from handicraft to high tech‚ but is most commonly applied to industrial production‚ in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. Such finished goods may be used for manufacturing other‚ more complex products‚ such as household appliances‚ automobiles or sold town whole sellers
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You’re the security chief at a manufacturing company that makes small metal hand tools. The plant employs roughly one hundred people. Management has told you that many tools have disappeared. According to company records‚ the plant produces approximately fifty thousand per day‚ but far fewer are actually being shipped out. After double-checking the figures to ensure their accuracy‚ you have concluded that pilferage is the only possible explanation. A meal detector positioned at the employee exit
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the Apparel Industry 1. Political Factors: The proliferation of international trade and liberalization of the global trade regime has dawned in India with the implementation of several programs by the Government of India (termed as GOI from now onwards in the report) to help the textile and apparel industry adjust to the new trade environment. In 2000‚ the GOI unveiled its National Textile Policy (NTP) 2000‚ aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the textile and apparel industry and expanding
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