Questions to consider: 1. How would you characterize Steel Works’ products? What about Steel Works’ customers? 2. What does the coefficient of variation tell us? Can you determine the coefficient of variation for the product lines? 3. How much inventory has Steel Works been holding? How much should they have been holding? SPECIALTY PRODUCTS DIVISION Customer Characteristics Steel Works has a large number of customers for its specialty products - 130 customers for some 120 products. However
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Interview Prep - Practice Cases - Distribution... http://www.bcg.com/join_bcg/interview_prep/practice_cases/dis... The Boston Consulting Group Home > Join BCG > Interview Prep > Practice Cases > Distribution Strategy Distribution Strategy Crafting a Distribution Strategy for a Sugar Cereal Manufacturer Your client is the sugar cereal division of Foods Inc.‚ a U.S.-based distributor and manufacturer of packaged foods. According to the division president‚ Foods Inc.’s traditional strength
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STEEL ASIA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION: Company Case Study STEEL ASIA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION COMPANY DESCRIPTION Steel Asia Manufacturing Corporation (SAMC)‚ a joint venture with TATA Steel from India‚ is located in Bulacan in the Philippines and produces reinforcing steel bars (also referred to as rebar) for use in construction. The plant was commissioned in 1996 and currently has 400 employees. Annual production is 360‚000 tons of steel bars compared to its 400‚000 tons annual designed capacity
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Strategic Management Credit Accumulation & Transfer Scheme (CATS) – Undergraduate – Degree in Business & Management Studies “Position Analysis of Tata Steel” ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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international steel companies. The number of rivals in America is declining due to higher labor costs than in foreign countries. There is a very fast pace of technology in the steel industry and it seems that the company‚ that obtains the newest technology‚ flourishes. This is due to the difficulty in lower costs of steel production. Better technology is one of the only ways to decrease costs because labor is pretty much at a set cost and all that is left is the cost of iron and making the steel. If a company
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Lehigh Steel: The Case for Activity Based Costing and The Theory of Constraints Introduction: Lehigh Steel is a steel and alloy production company with a huge range of products. It was able to reach a record profit in 1988‚ but went down to a record loss by 1991. Lehigh is owned by a parent company‚ The Palmer Company who’s a global manufacturer of alloy and steel and were interested in Lehigh’s specialised equipment to allow them to gain a competitive advantage. Palmer had acquired Lehigh
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Table of Contents Issue #1 Percentage use of Production Capacity Nucor steel has the largest production capacity capability in North America. However‚ they have some deficiencies in this area in that in 2010 they utilized just 70 percent of capacity‚ though it increased in 2011 it was still just 74 percent. Gaining greater production efficiency will reduce costs and in turn increase the profitability of the company. Issue #2 Rising Scrap Metal Prices Nucor maintains its competitive
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AISI316L Stainless steels (SS) are widely used in biomedical industries to produce orthopedic implants‚ screws‚ cardiovascular stents and other surgery devices because of their proper mechanical properties and corrosion resistance at low cost [1–5]. However‚ they have represented some premature damages when utilized in the body environment. This sort of steels is susceptible to pitting corrosion and release of Ni‚ Mo and Cr ions in body environment which can intensify the risk of cancer and inflammatory
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The Ride of Steel has many safety features to keep the passengers safe. In the initial climb up to point A‚ 12‚000 moving parts make up the large gear and chain assembly that pulls the car to the top. There are over 40 sensors that monitor the climb so that if at any
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I. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE February 27‚ 1981‚ the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of the Philippines entered into a contract to develop applications of solar energy in the Philippines. The project was called the Philippine-German Solar Energy Project (PGSEP). The technology involved the capsulation of the sun’s rays through panels of photovoltaic (PV) cells. The encapsulated energy charged a wet cell battery‚ controlled by battery control unit (BCU). It produce direct current
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