Internet Case for Chapter 2: Operations Strategy in a Global Environment Johannsen Steel Company Johannsen Steel Company (JSC) was established by three Johannsen brothers in 1928 in Pittsfield‚ Rhode Island. The brothers began JSC by concentrating on high-quality‚ high-carbon‚ high-margin steel wire. Products included "music wire" for instruments such as pianos and violins; copper‚ tin‚ and other coated wires; and high tensile-wire for the newly emerging aircraft industry. JSC even pioneered
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Johannsen Steel Company (JSC) initially focused on high-quality‚ high-carbon‚ and high-margin steel wire and ever made big success. In 1946 it was sold to West Virginia Steel (WVS) and then experienced the shocking change of steel industry during 1960s and 70s. Facing the pressure of competitors‚ JSC began to intend to expand sales and cut cost to maintain its profit level. As a result‚ the sales revenues kept increase‚ but the net profit was very low (no more than 2%). JSC now has to make some
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Jordan steel company JSC JSC’s mission Our mission is to provide our clients quality products. Moreover‚ we want to be the leading U.S steel manufacturer company. We concentrate on high quality‚ high carbon‚ and high margin steel wire. We also pioneer new types of wire. We promise to maintain our reputation for high quality products. Production function mission: We promise to maintain the quality of our in house design/construction of our own equipment and to produce high quality standards
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ABC STEEL COMPANY I – Problem Statement ABC Company’s production backlog had reached such proportions that top management decided not to accept any further business. The company was paying penalties of P50‚ 000.00 a day due to non-fulfillment of contract delivery dates. II – Statement of the objective Supervisors and Leadmen will be given supervisory training. Also‚ enhance the planning and scheduling for the production control of any upcoming projects. III - Areas of consideration: As of
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SOUTHEASTERN STEEL COMPANY Dividend policy Southeastern Steel Company (SSC) was formed 5 years ago to exploit a new continuous casting process. SSC’s founder‚ Donald Brown and Margo Valencia‚ had been employed in the research process (which Brown and Valencia had developed)‚ they decided to strike out on their own. One advantage of the new process was that it required relatively little capital in comparison with the typical steel company‚ so Brown and Valencia have been able to avoid issuing new
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1. The process flow diagram of the production system at Donner. Preparation Stage Imagine Transfer Fabrication 2. What size orders would you schedule on the CNC drill? On the CNC router? Time taken to process the orders depends on the selected drilling method either a) Manual drilling or CNC OR b) Using CNC Drill Assumption 1: Manual Drilling is not done on all the available Manual Drill Presses in parallel. Calculating time taken for Manual drilling and CNC Drilling: = Setup
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Company X would like to have a method to be able to quantitatively analyze if there’s a business case for creating production cells in the factory. The company currently operates in a job shop based manufacturing environment in which similar machines are grouped into functional departments. This means that the parts are moved from department to department through the manufacturing process. The company currently does not have any production cells‚ neither have they identified products which together
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Solution to Case 1 Cash Flow Analysis Signal Cable Company* * Note to Instructors: When assigning this case‚ inform the students that the firm’s stock price has recently dropped from $7 per share to $5.50 per share. Case objective: The objective of this case is to cover financial statement analysis and cash flow analysis‚ with a particular emphasis on liquidity and net working capital. Student Preparation time: Approximately 2 hours. Answers to questions: 1. Why has the stock price fallen
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EMBA 2011-12 MERTON TRUCK COMPANY CASE SOLUTION HARSHID DESAI AMRUT MODY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMEMNT ROLL NO. 03 Merton Truck Company Calculating contribution for each truck‚ Contribution for model 101 = selling price (direct mat. + direct labour + variable o/h) = 39000 (24000 + 4000 + 8000) = Rs. 3000/Contribution for model 102 = selling price (direct mat. + direct labour + variable o/h) = 38000 (20000 + 4500 + 8500) = Rs. 5000/- Decisions variables: x1 = number of model 101 trucks produced
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