The Crisis In August of 2000 the tire manufacturer Bridgestone/Firestone Inc faced a major problem with there Firestone‚ ATX‚ ATXII and Wilderness At tires. The case involved more then 14.4 million tires that have been installed on sport utility vehicles. 70% of the tires are on Ford SUV and light pickup trucks. Some of the other makes are Nissan‚ Toyota and Subaru. The reports are that the tires are shredding involving high heat‚ overloading and tires being under inflated. California‚ Arizona
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| Goodweek Tires‚ Inc. | A Case Study | | | | | Table of Contents: * Case Overview * Project Information * Capital Budgeting Analytical Measures * Forecasted Sales Numbers * Depreciation Schedule * Investment Cash Flows * Recommendation & Conclusion GOODWEEK TIRES INC. Case Overview Goodweek Tires‚ Inc. recently developed a new tire‚ SuperTread. This tire was meant to be ideal for drivers who do a lot of wet weather‚ off-roading‚ and normal freeway driving
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Fireside Tire Company: Case Study Latrice Alston GB 570 Professor Craddock February 22‚ 2011 Fireside Tire Company: Case Study Fireside Tire Company faced with the challenge on deciding which location is more advantageous to move product using a centralized distribution center. The following locations have been selected as possible locations: Atlanta‚ Chattanooga
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2013 The Treadway Tire Company The Treadway Tire Company in Lima‚ Ohio is faced with rather difficult times. These difficulties however are not due to lack of work with a down recession‚ or concerned with too much demand and not enough capacity to fill it. These issues are deep within the company and affect the organization very seriously every day. The lack of training‚ ineffective leadership and employee communication are the problems challenging the Treadway Tire Company as well as contributing
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Background The Treadway Tire Company is a major supplier of goods for replacement tire markets and original equipment manufacturers such as Ford‚ General Motors‚ and Chrysler. In 2000‚ Treadway’s Lima Tire Plant underwent a $100 million expansion which increased the plant’s capacity to utilize new technology for the manufacturing department. However‚ due to the rising cost of raw materials‚ increase global competition‚ and the high turnover rate of the line foreman‚ the Lima tire plant was challenged
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Tire City Incorporated Tire City‚ Inc. is a rapidly growing retail distributor of automotive tires. Although they have 10 shops located throughout the Northeast region‚ the bulk of TCI’s inventory is managed at a central warehouse. During the last three years‚ sales have been growing at a compound annual rate in excess of 20%. With such a great reflection of their excellent service and customer satisfaction in their net income‚ TCI’s central warehouse is “bulging at the seams”. TCI has decided
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Few ever expected her to occupy this position. Canadian Tire had‚ perhaps not surprisingly‚ always been a man’s world. Martha’s father‚ Alfred Jackson Billes (always referred to as A.J.)‚ was the junior partner to his elder brother‚ John William (J.W.)‚ when they bought a service station at the corner of Gerrard and Hamilton Streets in Toronto in 1922‚ selling and repairing a new product known as "balloon" (pneumatic) tires. The empire had expanded to more than 100 stores‚ and the two brothers
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The Treadway Tire Company continues to claim a major role in the tire manufacturing industry of the United States of America. With more than 9‚000 employees in eight manufacturing plants‚ we must look at our workforce as the most valuable resource and revaluate our challenges in this area as opportunities for improvement. As we face the increased cost of raw materials and the rising price of crude oil; our labor cost and performance become noticeably important to keep Treadway ahead over our competitors
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6N212: Management in Organizations Case: The Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Tire Plant Harvard Brief Case: # 2190 (June‚ 2008) Case Analysis Questions: 1. Briefly describe the situation today at the Lima Tire plant. Treadway Tire’s plant in Lima‚ Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foremen. The foremen are caught in the middle of an adversarial relationship between the union and management‚ and they must
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In reviewing the model of organizational behavior‚ the root cause of the problem at the Treadway Tire Company in Lima involves components of organizational‚ group and individual mechanisms. The company culture is responsible for every symptom listed above. Furthermore‚ the leadership style‚ behavior‚ power‚ and negotiation are contributing to many
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