H. Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship Nova Southeastern University Assignment for Course: QNT5040 – Business Modeling Submitted to: Submitted by: BASS Date of Submission: Title of Assignment: Electric Fan Case - Forecasting CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: We certify that we the authors of this paper. Any assistance we received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. We have also cited any sources from which we used data‚ ideas or words
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Company Background and Key Factors Waltham Motors was originally a family owned business. The sole product manufactured was electric motors of a single design that were sold to household appliance manufacturers. In late 2003‚ Marco Corporation acquired it as their subdivision. Marco’s management decided to observe Waltham Motors current operating procedures and systems on order to see how well they are functioning. In April 2004‚ Sharon Michaels‚ was transferred from the corporate headquarters
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Lawford Electric Company Case Critical Summary On January 13‚ 1978‚ Mr. Robert Allen‚ a field sales engineer of Lawford Electric Company learned from a phone call with Mr. George Gibson‚ purchasing agent of Bayfield Milling Company that Bayfield was interested in purchasing a drive system for a new shearing line. The cost of the new shearing line that Bayfield recently ordered from Magna Machinery Corporation was about $2 million and the drive system was going to cost roughly another $900 thousand
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Executive Summary1 Review of Facts2-3 Issues4 Analysis5-6 Conclusions/Recommendations7-8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This case is about how a company should allocate costs. Mr. Delaney is the owner of an automobile dealership that is profitable but not profitable in the area of the body shop department.. The predicament that he faces is that he needs to figure out how to allocate the costs among his different profit centers. One of the things that Mr. Delaney did in trying to
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Case Study: Fiat Auto and General Motors Alliance Case Study: Fiat Auto and General Motors Introduction The economic crisis and other factors‚ affect different companies in the global market and automotive industries are not exempted. In order to cope with economic problems within the industry‚ different companies try to find the most efficient ways to save the company and one of these is through the consideration of merging or going into alliance. In alliance‚ both companies
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Globalization at General Electric Case Directions: Develop a detailed corporate profile and address the questions in the case. General Electric‚ the company that Thomas Edison founded‚ and now the largest industrial conglomerate‚ in America produces a wide array of goods and services‚ from medical equipment‚ power generators‚ jet engines‚ and home appliances‚ to financial services and even television broadcasting (GE owns NBC‚ one of America’s big three network broadcasters). This giant company
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Case Analysis Case: Lincoln Electric in China Case assignment questions: 1. How do you explain Lincoln Electric’s success in the United States? What is its business model? What role do the company’s HR practices play in its success? The success story of Lincoln Electric in the United States could be easily explained as “Lincoln Way” – The largest manufacturer of welding equipment in the world‚ Lincoln motivates its American employees through a distinctive compensation system and a culture
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General Electric Case Analysis Case Recap General Electric‚ (GE)‚ is a diversified technology and financial services corporation that has a history of tremendous success. The company’s name is well known across the United States and is recognized by consumers as the “practical innovator” (Crystal & Herskovitz‚ 2010). In order to continue its achievements‚ GE’s strategy is to focus its resources in new product innovation and comprehensive brand positioning. It has created the “Profile” and
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Lincoln Electric (LE) has been a producer of electrical and welding technology products since the late 1800’s. The company remained primarily a family and employee held company until 1995‚ then approximately 40% of its equity went to the public. James Lincoln‚ one of the founders‚ developed unique management techniques that effectively motivated the employees. These management techniques were implemented as an unusual (for the era) structure of compensation and benefits called "incentive management"
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employed for motion control are called drives and employ any of the prime movers such as diesel or petrol engines gas or steam engines hydraulic motors and electric motors for supplying mechanical energy for motion control. Drives employing electric motors are known as Electrical drives. Fig 1.1 Block diagram of an Electrical Drive The advancement in electric drive system is very much related to the development in the power semiconductor devices technology. The introduction of the Silicon Controlled
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