1. What is the value-added by Owens and Minor? Is this value-addition visible? * They own and manage the inventory for the manufacture * They take on the financial risk associated with the function of managing the inventory flow to the hospitals. * They care for product returns and carry the risk for that. * They carry the receivables (cash flow issues due to long payment terms of customers; actually a 90 days credit) * They carry and manage most of the inventory for the hospitals
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Technische Universität München Management Accounting -Case Study- Harvard Business Case Case Study: Owens & Minor Structure of the Case Study 1. O&M: Company Profile 2. Costing and Pricing at O&M 3. The Case 4. O&M‘s Proposal 5. Solution of the Case-Questions © Gunther Friedl – WS 11/12 Case Study: Owens & Minor Owens & Minor‚ Inc: Company Profile Headquarter: Mechanicsville‚ Virginia‚ U.S Revenue 2010: $ 8.12 billion Number of employees 2010: 4‚800 One of the leading distributors
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Date: March 12‚ 2012 Course: Management Accounting & Control Case: Session 3: Owens & Minor (A) Date: March 12‚ 2012 Course: Management Accounting & Control Case: Session 3: Owens & Minor (A) Case Background: Who: Jose Valderas‚ divisional VP for Owens & Minor (O&M) What: How does O&M sell ABP (activity based pricing) to Ideal? Could they implement ABP to help Ideal? Why: O&M needs to improve margins; by understanding where costs are derived from
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| Owens & Minor | Case Analysis | | | 2/1/2011 | | Executive Summary Owens & Minor is a distributor of surgical and medical supplies to hospitals and other health care facilities. Due to changing demand from customers‚ the company is facing increased operating costs‚ which has resulted in lower profit margins and even losses. In 1993‚ O&M recorded an $18 million profit‚ which was reduced to a loss of $11 million in 1995. The entire industry is experiencing similar
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Case Summary: Owens & Minor Inc. Owens & Minor Inc. is one of the leading distributors of medical and surgical supplies. The company headquarters in Mechanicsville‚ Virginia‚ U.S. In 2010‚ the company has 4800 employees‚ with revenues of $8.12 billion. The company provides 200‚000 products from about 1200 manufacturers; the products include gloves‚ wound closure devices‚ sterile procedure trays‚ intravenous products‚ operating room items‚ etc. The core business-process of Owen & Minor Inc. is that
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Página 1 9-100-055 REV: FE BR UAR Y 14‚ 2002 VG NARA YAN AN LI SA M BRE Owens & Minor‚ Inc. (A) Era janeiro de 1996. José Valderas‚ vice-presidente da divisão de Owens & Minor (O & M)‚ um $ 3 bilhões distribuidora de suprimentos médicos e cirúrgicos‚ estava dirigindo de volta ao seu escritório Savage‚ Maryland. Sua mente estava processando a notícia que acabara de ouvir. Sistema Único de Saúde Ideal‚ um hospital não-for-profit cadeia que nos últimos 10 anos tinha comprado suprimentos a partir de
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Case Summary: Owens & Minor‚ Inc. Owens & Minor‚ Inc. is one of the nation’s largest distributors of medical and surgical supplies that has been in operation for over 114 years. Obtaining and keeping profitable customers was critical for Owens & Minor‚ Inc. The company had an opportunity to negotiate business with Ideal Health Systems‚ a manufacturing company‚ when Ideal’s $30 million annual medical/surgical supply contract was up for bid. This was an opportunity Jose Valderas‚ divisional vice
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Capstone Case Analysis (Owen & Minor‚ Inc. Company History) Name: Samuel Ansah Westwood College Instructor: Professor Ali Alavi Course: Management Capstone Date: March 31st‚ 2014 Owens and Minor Inc. History Owens & Minor Inc. is distributor of surgical and medical supplies to hospitals and other health care facilities. Owens & Minor Inc. (O&M) was founded by George Gilmer Minor Jr.‚ a wholesale drug salesman from Richmond Virginia in 1882. The name Owens & Minor came
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with inventory to distributor‚ and they also want distributor to provide better services at its own expense. Moreover‚ competitions from private label distributors and manufacturing distributors further squeezed profit margin of our company. Owens and Minor play a very important role in the entire SC. They are in charge of providing information to manufacturers on product flow. Their services to the hospitals include storing the inventory in their warehouse and making constant shipments based on
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Owens-Corning Case Study Table of contents 1. Case Study Questions........................................................................................................... 1 2. Owens-Corning’s Enterprise System Struggle......................................................................1 1. Case Study Questions Read the Owens-Corning Case Study and then consider the following questions: 1. Describe the problems Owens-Corning had with its information systems prior to installing its enterprise
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