1. Miss-specification: Rich-Con did not hire external consultant to help with their implementation process instead they completely relied on the vendors. The vendor did not have a standard implementation methodology and did not ask question to learn about Rich-Con’s as-is process. There was no CIO to overlook the implementation process. Marty Sawyer continued to operate as CIO and president often relying on new hires to guide vendors. 2. Lack of adoption: Rich-Con did not implement any IT
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Case Analysis – Rich-Con Steel Question 1: What went wrong? What went wrong for Rich-Con Steel was an unsuccessful effort to launch a new IT system. Marty Sawyer‚ the new president of Rich-Con Steel wanted to change its legacy system to a new IT system that would automate order management‚ have the capability to analyze trend and would be cheaper to maintain. However‚ the implementation did not go smooth and this played havoc in Rich-Con Steel’s operations. The reason that the implementation
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1. What do you think were the reasons for Rich-Con’s difficulties in implementing its new information systems? Think about the principal root causes of the problems Sawyer encountered? Be precise and justify your response. Rich-Con Steel had difficulty implementing the software from a number of reasons. If all these root causes are address‚ then operations would have moved smoothly. Manager distribution- Marty Sawyer was the new president of the company during a big change. She was responsible
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Executive Summary Lehigh Steel is a manufacturer of speciality steels for high strength‚ high use applications. Its financial performance has generally trended wit but outperformed the industry as a whole. Following the general recessionary trend of the market‚ Lehigh Steel reported record losses in 1991 after posting record profits in 1988. This had led to an increasing need to rationalizing Lehigh Steel’s product mix. Traditionally‚ Lehigh Steel has followed Standard Cost Method for cost accounting
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pros and cons of weathering steel:: "Weathering" means that due to their chemical compositions‚ these steels exhibit increased resistance to atmospheric corrosion compared to unalloyed steels. This is because the steel forms a protective layer on its surface under the influence of the weather. The corrosion-retarding effect of the protective layer is produced by the particular distribution and concentration of alloying elements in it. The layer protecting the surface develops and regenerates
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Stainless steel commonly react with certain substance that probably will produce some defect whether inner or outer surface. This material contains small casting defects‚ mainly shrinkage cavities‚ due to the manufacturing process. Commonly in industries related to piping system‚ stainless steel pipelines and cylinder tubes are equipment or object that frequently used in our removable insulation installation. In most industrial nowadays‚ stainless steel pipes are frequently exposed to high temperatures
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industry‚ hotel‚ software‚ investment‚ and steel industry. There is a long history of corporate responsibility within the group‚ and it is no surprise that all Tata companies have adopted a Tata Code of Conduct as well as many international standards. Tata Steel is one of twenty-eight major corporations within the Tata Group. Founded in 1907‚ it is the largest private sector steel company in India. Operations are spread across the country‚ with the steel manufacturing unit at Jamshedpur‚ and other
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Mrs. Julia Steel is a patient I have had the pleasure of meeting with recently. As discussed during the appointment‚ Mrs. Steel is a 72 year old retired‚ married woman. Collectively‚ Mrs. Steel’s family history includes the following information: one son at the age of 40 who is being treated for high blood pressure‚ father’s record showed background of heart disease and deceased at the age of 90 due to a brain aneurysm‚ mother’s record provided extensive history with heart disease and deceased
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I. The Mittal Steel began in the early 1970’s as a small‚ family owned company‚ based in India. However‚ due to a range of restrictive government regulations and tough competitiveness from SAIL (a state-owned firm) and Tata Steel (large privately owned firm)‚ Mittal Steel believed that the best projection of growth of the company would transpire outside of India. In 1975‚ Mittal Steel began expanding across national borders by creating and building a steel making plant in Indonesia.
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Response. Differentiation: Steel is such a product that not much product innovation can be done. Cost Leadership: Chaparral Steel is already a cost leader in the market with its limited range of products. But if it needs to expand itself in terms of capacity‚ it needs to come up with a new product line and that too at a low cost. Chaparral needs to continue its strategy of low cost leadership with addition of new product lines to tap the market potential for larger steel products. The only competitor
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