NUCOR (25 Points) 1. List and elaborate some strategic issues facing NUCOR? Nucor has been facing many industry challenges including the overall development of the industry. They are competing with foreign firms on cost and efficiency. Nucor has a low cost strategy because as they say their product is not necessarily very attractive. It does not have attractive or unique selling features other than its cost. The commodity of steel is in a very competitive market. Nucor understands that innovation
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website: Nucor Corporation is made up of 17‚300 teammates whose goal is to "Take Care of Our Customers." We are accomplishing this by being the safest‚ highest quality‚ lowest cost‚ most productive and most profitable steel and steel products company in the world. We are committed to doing this while being cultural and environmental stewards in our communities where we live and work. We are succeeding by working together. Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose Nucor is a leading
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Case Analysis – Nucor at a Crossroads Case Analysis: Value Chain Annalysis: TOWS MATRIX Opportunity: • Continued acquisition. • Aggressive technological advancement. • Innovative and reduced cost with improvement in R&D. • Patent Technologies. • Expanding operations- increased market share. Threats: • Decreasing Demand. • High corporate taxes. • Rising debt to equity ratio. • Increasing raw material & labour costs. • Foreign steel imports Strengths: • Increased capacity
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Case 2: Nucor Corporation: Competing Against Low-cost Steel Imports The Company‚ Nucor Corporation‚ started its operation in nuclear instrument and electronics business in early 1950s to early 1960s. Facing bankruptcy‚ the board of directors opted for a new leadership and appointed Kenneth Iverson as president and CEO. He concluded that to be able to avert bankruptcy is to exit the nuclear instrument and electronics business and rebuild the company around its subsidiary‚ Vulcraft‚ which is engaged
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characteristics associated with job dissatisfaction. The hygiene factors and motivators influencing employee behavior at Nucor are presented below: Hygiene Factors: Pay and Security | * Nucor has an unusual pay system. The company pays lower salary than the market average for a worker. The average market salary is $16- $21 an hour‚ where a Nucor employee gets $10 per hour. Although Nucor pays lower than average‚ it facilitates its
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Luis Gonzales Lisa Green Amanda Saylor MGM399-Dr. Riley Nucor Case CEO Iverson of Nucor has a decision that could present an opportunity into the flat-rolled niche. Most of the integrated steelmakers have been lately concentrated in this sector but it presents challenges to enter as will be discussed. As a leader in non-flat products Nucor wants to enter a market that lately has been prohibitive because of cost and volume requirements. A company named SMS has a new technology Compact
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FIVE PROBLEMS FACING CORPORATIONS IN AMERICA Five Problems Facing Corporations in America Abstract Corporate America is faced with numerous problems such as bad corporate image‚ outsourcing‚ business ethics‚ layoffs‚ and bankruptcies. Companies are forced to react when these problems occur. Based on some of these major issues that have come to the forefront has forced many companies to implement programs geared toward managing their ethics and compliance issues. In this paper‚ I will address
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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 advantage through its low
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NUCOR AT A CROSSROADS CASE ANALYSIS NUCOR’S SUSTAINED PERFORMANCE RECORD PORTER’S 5 FORCES ANALYSIS • Supplier Power: With the eventual exit of integrated steel companies from buying scrap‚ the options available with suppliers to sell‚ reduced. Nucor started several small plants that were close to suppliers & customers‚ thereby reducing transportation costs. Also‚ the sites chosen had inexpensive electricity. Their employee-centric policies resulted in them having lowest attrition levels
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Summary: For more than 20 years the Nucor Corporation has been one of the leading manufacturers of steel and steel related products in the world. With their technology advancement‚ low debt ratio‚ decentralized type of organization and many more‚ this company still thrives to achieve better goals in their company. Aside from the positive views of the company‚ it also faced problems like bankruptcy. (te pakidagdagan n lng) History: Nucor traced its origins to auto manufacturer Ransom
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