Management of Organizations Individual Case Analysis Flextronics Case; Deciding on a shop-floor system for producing the Microsoft Xbox; What actions should McCuster take to reach a decision? Why should he take those decisions? Its Decision time Flextronics prides in a work culture that values fast and very decisive actions. Jim McCusker is at the epicenter of a task conflict. This group decision making process of choosing a shop floor system has to be completed and fast. Time is running
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Flextronics Case Analysis Team Member: Kerry Cunningham‚ Feng Hu‚ Tian Tian‚ Shuo Zhang Nov. 5th 1. Cause of McCuster’s Dilemma Several organizational factors haves contributed to McCuster’s dilemma: First‚ the Flextronics’s decision makers failed to appropriately evaluate the ability and condition of the organization in bidding for Xbox project and assigning tasks. While it is enticing that this project would bring about good reputation as well as substantial financial gain‚ decision-makers
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Executive Summary Born out of the vision of two creative‚ technological supply chain trailblazers‚ Flextronics- the world’s second-largest provider of electronics manufacturing services and the largest global manufacturer of cell phones- took form. Tapping into a burgeoning market of overflow manufacturing services‚ this unique electronic visionary busted onto the technological scene‚ through its humble origins. With service offerings ranging from “stuffing” printed circuit boards‚ for electronic
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cross-regional project team in Flextronics. McCusker should reach a decision with regards to which shop-floor system to implement in the facilities as soon as possible. Main stakeholders in this decision are Mexico team‚ Hungary team and Microsoft. From long term perspective‚ Flextronics needs to integrate the different shop-floor systems present in each facility into one system. The growing complexity and rapid changes facing the business world today makes it imperative for Flextronics to develop an integrated
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Flextronics Case Summary Flextronics International case study discusses the challenges that the CEO‚ Michael Marks‚ faces in a global economy where the technology industry keeps changing at a rapid pace. Flextronics is trying to discover a new identity and not just manufacture a product for customers‚ but design and sell a phone to potential customers. Flextronics went from taking the designs from companies and building them‚ to developing their own designs. Marks needed to decide if creating
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Summary In contrast to other phones which were manufactured by Flextronics on a contract basis using designs created by its customers‚ the OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers)‚ Phone 4 was designed and manufactured entirely by Flextronics. This new initiative by this EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) is not only a product design initiative‚ but an entirely new business approach that have Intellectual Property (IP)‚ product design and supplier development implications‚ among others. Who
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Case Study Analysis: Microsoft: The outsourcing of XBOX production International Business IB300 April 10‚ 2011 In summary the following case was about Microsoft’s quest to enter the video game market with its Xbox gaming console. Microsoft’s history of having a small hardware business forced Microsoft to make a crucial decision about whether it should manufacture this gaming console along with managing a global supply chain or outsource the manufacturing to a third party. They quickly decided
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Key Challenges in Maintaining a Relationship between LEGO and Flextronics Name: Shanshan Liu Andrew ID: shanshal LEGO Group is the fifth-‐largest toy-‐maker in the world with a complicated global supply chain‚ while Flextronics is a large Singaporean electronics manufacturing services provider. So
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involving the company CEO Marks in persuading Humphrey Porter and his European team to adopt the software. This shall give them the authority‚ credibility and allow for speedy execution of the task. The article says that‚ one of main reasons that Flextronics won a bid to produce Microsoft’s Xbox is that Microsoft had expressed its
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1 Case Summary: This case takes about the problem that happened between a American shipment that was delivered to Germany the shipment was prok levers but the mistake that the six of the pork a male and the German wanted a female so as u can noticed the problem happened because the lack of information and the study of the culture. Case Questions: 1) In this dispute‚ which country’s law would apply‚ that of the United States or of Germany? Germany 2) If the case were tried in U.S. courts
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