The 3M Company‚ formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company‚ is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in St. Paul‚ Minnesota. 3M headquarters are in the St. Paul suburb of Maplewood‚ Minnesota. Five businessmen founded 3M in Two Harbors‚ Minnesota‚ in 1902. Originally a mining venture‚ the goal was to mine corundum‚ but this failed because the mine ’s mineral holdings were anorthosite‚ which had no commercial value. During the 1950s‚ the company expanded
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HAMPTON MACHINE TOOL COMPANY About The Company Hampton Machine Tool was established in 1915 and has been manufacturing machine tools since its foundation. Hampton company’s customer base is made up primarily of aircraft manufacturers and automobile manufactures in the St. Louis area. It experienced record production and profitability during the years. Sales and profitability declined in the mid-1970s with the withdrawal from Vietnam War and the oil embargo. However‚ the company had stabilized the
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Case Studies 3M1: Rethinking Innovation Background Large (70K employees‚ $15bn sales)‚ global operations (200 countries)‚ multi-product (50K range)‚ multi-market business. Innovation ‘Claim to Fame’ This company has been around for just over 100 years and during that period has established a clear reputation as a major innovator. Their technical competence has been built up by a long-term commitment to R&D on which they currently spend around $1bn p.a.; this has yielded them a regular position
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Hampton Machine Tool Company 1. Why can’t a profitable firm like Hampton repay its loan on time and why does it need more bank financing? What major developments between November 1978 and August 1979 contributed to this situation? A/ Hampton Machine Tool Company was unable to repay its loan on time due to several factors. One of such factors is the fact that the stock repurchase‚ for which the loan was initially requested‚ was a major cash disbursement of $3 million. In the period between November
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Case Study Harnswell Sewing Machine Company IME 460 Case Study 2 Phase 1 Introduction Harnswell Sewing Machine Company is dedicated to the manufacture of industrial sewing machines‚ has an experience of over 50 years in the market‚ this factory is specialized in the manufacture of automatic machines engaged in the manufacture of shoes‚ accessories and belts security. Natalie York is the manager of operations management
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As to the strategy of 3M‚ the company mainly focuses on its innovation. The company improves its products through industrial‚ electronic market and transportation. The examples of the products of the company are waterproof sand paper (the company’s first product) and post-it-notes. The company performance on management is considered visionary because it offered innovative products which holds higher quality and is more convenient in the matter of usage. The CEO of the company has a rule which stated
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Executive Summary Hampton Machine Tool Company (HMTC) was founded in 1915 to produce machine tools. Machine tools manufacturing business is highly prone to economic fluctuations. Therefore‚ success of HMTC depends upon success of other related industries. The major customers of the company are aircraft manufacturers and automobile manufacturers. Sales of HTMC boomed during 1960s‚ decreased in the mid 70s and started to recover around 1978 due to the increase in demand of military aircrafts‚ a stable
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Development at 3M: New Process‚ New Techniques‚ New Growth Margaret Alldredge‚ Cindy Johnson‚ Jack Stoltzfus‚ 3M;Al Vicere‚ Smeal College of Business‚The Pennsylvania State University; and the 3M ALDP Design Team F rom the moment she first shook his hand in a receiving line after his arrival at 3M‚ Margaret Alldredge‚ staff vice president‚ Leadership Development and Learning‚ knew Jim McNerney was passionate about developing leaders. McNerney was fresh from an enormously successful career
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3M Optical Systems: Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship MST550 – Capstone Professor Jack Raiton HBSP Case #395-017 Discussion Questions 1. What practices make 3M such an innovative company? 2. What is Any Wong’s role as the OS Unit’s general manager? How effective has he been? 3. What is Paul Guehler’s role as division vicepresident? How effective has he been? 4. What should Andy Wong do with the computer screen AFE? If he gets the AFE‚ should Guehler fund it? Case Outline • • • • • •
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at Harnswell Sewing Machine Company (HSMC)‚ in her intent to improve product quality in the company. In addition to analyzing production process data of half-inch cam rollers and explaining the results‚ this paper also gives advice on which actions Natalie should take and how she should approach the CEO and founder of her company. Phase 1 Based on the given description of the HSMC‚ points 1‚ 2 and 7 of Deming’s 14 points for management seem to be most lacking in the company. 1. Create constancy
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