WAUSAU EQUIPMENT COMPANY: A LEAN JOURNEY (A) History and Business Background Ashford Elevator Company was founded in 1946 in a small midwestern town. Its first products were grain elevators‚ sold to local co-ops and farms. Started as a small shop with five workers‚ the company‚ which quickly grew to include 50 employees‚ began engineering‚ manufacturing‚ and servicing a variety of machinery and equipment for the agribusiness industry. The company changed its name to Wausau Equipment Company (WECO)
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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR IN INDIA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mergers are important corporate strategy actions that‚ among other things‚ aid the firm in external growth and provide it competitive advantage over other firms through gaining greater market share‚ broadening the portfolio to reduce business risk‚ entering new markets and geographies‚ and capitalising on economies of scale etc.. This area has spawned a vast amount of literature over the
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STATUS OF FARM MECHANIZATION IN INDIA Agricultural Machinery Industry in India (Manufacturing‚ marketing and mechanization promotion) Gyanendra Singh Director‚ Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering‚ Bhopal ABSTRACT Farm mechanization helps in effective utilization of inputs to increase the productivity of land and labour. Besides it helps in reducing the drudgery in farm operations. The early agricultural mechanization in India was greatly influenced by the technological development in
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Problem 1: A project of equipment purchase of Mekong Company Ltd. has the estimated data as follows: The cost of equipment is USD 12‚000‚ the cost for transportation and installation is USD 1‚000 USD. The asset is depreciated according to a straight line depreciation scheme within 5 years. It is expected that the project can produce and sell 7‚500 units of product at the price of USD 2 per unit‚ for the first year. The operating costs for the first year (excluding depreciation) are estimated
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farmers‚ large farmers and horticulturists. The government was one more sector but the tractors would be used in select towns such as Class C and some Class B. However this segment would have to be treated as institution business model and would require a lot of data on the usage and effectiveness front prior to securing the deal‚ which Vanraj currently did not have. Although Mini Tractors had just 1% share of the tractor segment‚ it was estimated that the small farmers still using bullocks a
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The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Banking and Insurance Sector Table of Contents Executive summary 2 The impact of M&As on employees‚ staff representatives and their unions 2 The impact of M&As on consumers 3 The impact of M&As on shareholders 5 The impact of mergers and acquisitions on employees in the financial services sector (Tina Weber) 6 Introduction 6 Trends in employment in the financial services sector 6 Table 1: Employment in
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Deere and Company was faced with many issues in the years to come. They were entering a market‚ which was dominated by Caterpillar and needed to price their products to ensure success. The competitive landscape of the industry includes seven competitors‚ Deere’s biggest competition being Caterpillar. The small (under 100 horse power) and large (over 100 horse power) tractor markets have different leaders. Deere and Company dominated the small tractor market with 50-60% market share‚ with International
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Tractor Pulls and the National Tractor Pullers Association Tractor pulling is said to have started around the 1860’s during the time when farm machinery was pulled by horses. Back then farmers would brag to each other about whose horse was stronger overall. As the boasting started‚ pulling was created. The farmers would challenge each other and it would be settled by hooking up a barn door to the back of their horses. After hooking up the barn door‚ one by one people would jump on while the
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Chapter-3 Organization Profile : 3.1 BACKGROUND AND INCEPTION OF THE COMPANY Origin and Growth: Sharekhan is a retail broking arm of S.S. Kantilla Ishwarlal Investors Services Pvt. Ltd.‚ An organization with more than 8 decades of trust and credibility in the stock market. Sharekhan Ltd (Formally SSKI Investors Services pvt Ltd.) was promoted by Mr. Shripal. S. Morkharia and Mrs. Shreya’s. S. Morkhia. It is currently India’s largest broking house. It is a member of the stock exchange‚ Mumbai
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experience. One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was to learn how to drive a tractor-trailer. Truck driving has been in my family for generations. Since I was a young child I always knew I wanted to be able to drive tractor-trailers. I spent a large portion of my childhood around big trucks and have always found driving such a large vehicle to be exciting. I decided that learning how to drive tractor-trailers was a valuable skill to learn and also to maybe carry on the family legacy of
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