The analysis of the Allentown Materials Corporation case study reveals a number of issues mostly related to the untimely death of a respected leader‚ the subsequent change in leadership‚ and also the management style of the newly appointed upper-level managers. This paradigm shift in operational management strategy is one of the root causes of the conflict between departments‚ absence of teamwork‚ and low morale. Additionally‚ radical changes are required to bring Allentown Materials Corporation
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Stryker Corporation Deciding whether to keep outsourcing or in-source PCBs Stryker Corporation has 3 different options regarding the supply of needed PCBs. Option 1: contemplates the fact of keeping the same suppliers but with significant changes in order to assure continuous supply of PCBs and quality. No investment is needed. Option 2: establishing a partner with a single supplier. This way there would be a sole supplier for Stryker established in a new facility near them‚ this would give
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not justify making the IFC’s largest investment yet. Summary of facts The Mozal project‚ a $1.4b aluminum smelter in Mozambique‚ is a joint venture between Alusaf‚ the aluminum subsidiary of the Gencor group‚ and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South-Africa‚ a government owned development bank. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world and only recently emerged from a 17-year civil war that had destroyed the country’s infrastructure. Both parties would each own 25%
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Data Tech if substitute products are of lesser quality. Tech Data Corporation can deal with the threat of substitute products through an increment
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To: Executive‚ Zoecon Corporation From: Date: Thursday‚ February 17‚ 2005 Subject: Strike Roach Ender Introduction Projected Industry Consumers Professional Projected Growth Rate of 10% annually Projected growth rate of 8% annually Projected sales of $4.4 million Projected sales of $2.7 billion Flea IGR Introduction Similar Scenario Great success of introduction of flea IGR PRECOR into PCO‚ veterinary and pet store markets. In 1980 Zoecon broke into the supermarket
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SHOE CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS GROUP 8; SECTION B By IMPORTANT ISSUE * Incorporation of the rapidly changing styles in the production and the procedure to do the same * Problem between the Manager of styling and the Assistant to the superintendent of the Centerville plant‚ i.e. Lack of understanding and communication between the styling Department and the production Department. * Delay and ambiguity in the process of maintaining historical statistics on shipments (Bypassing
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Enterococcus Faecalis Sensitivity Towards Ampicillin‚ Penicillin‚ and Tetracycline Introduction Enterococci are bacteria that are included in the intestinal flora of humans and are relatively harmless. One method Enterococci maintain a symbiotic relationship is by hydrolyzing esculin in the presence of bile (Susan L. Fraser‚ 2012). However Enterococci are in the top three-nosocomial infections. When infected‚ enterococci can cause numerous infections such as urinary tract infection coupled with
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“Hershey Foods Corporation” History: Milton Hershey’s love for candy making began with a childhood apprenticeship under candy maker Joe Royer of Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania. Mr. Hershey was eager to own a candy-making business. By 1901‚ the chocolate Industry in America was growing rapidly. Hershey’s sales reached $662‚000 that year‚ creating the need for a new factory. Mr. Hershey moved his company to Derry Church‚ Pennsylvania‚ a town that was renamed Hershey in 1906. The new Hershey factory provided
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BACKGROUND Global Financial Corporation (GF) offers financing services for customers purchasing heavy construction equipment from its parent company Global Equipment Company (GEC). GF’s Bakersfield‚ California office is setup to process the loan applications for the western United States. A recently appointed Vice President of GF‚ Nancy Rodriquez‚ is also in charge of managing the Bakersfield office. She has received a memo from the Director of Marketing at GEC with a complaint stating that the
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Journal of Business Case Studies – January/February 2010 Volume 6‚ Number 1 Sunbeam Corporation: A Forensic Analysis Patricia Hatfield‚ Ph.D.‚ Bradley University‚ USA Shelly Webb‚ Ph. D.‚ Xavier University‚ USA ABSTRACT The members of the Board of Directors at Sunbeam were completely bewildered. Al Dunlap‚ Sunbeam’s highly successful but controversial CEO was threatening to resign after almost two years of leading Sunbeam successfully out of a slump that had threatened the long-term
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