Wriston Manufacturing Corporation By Christy Smith, Marty Hiemstra, Albert Sommerfeld, Mike Peterson, Dawn Buckman Executive Summary Wriston Manufacturing Corporation - Heavy Equipment Division (HED) is a large manufacturer of axles and brakes for the automotive industry. Wriston operates nine plants, eight located in the US and one located in Essex, Canada. Over the last several years, the Detroit plant finances and productivity have become an issue. As a result, an analysis of the plant
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Harvard Business School 9-698-049 December 1, 1997 Wriston Manufacturing Corporation In early 1992, Richard Sullivan, recently appointed vice president in the Heavy Equipment Division (HED) of the Automotive Supplier Group of the Wriston Manufacturing Corporation, scrutinized one more time the P&L forecast for the Detroit plant—part of a lengthy report on the future of the plant which had been prepared by a task force Sullivan had appointed six months earlier. Sullivan had joined the
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by using the competitive product space (building on the product attributes defined in Chapter 1). We have found this graphical representation very powerful. Then we talk about the relationship of processes and the typical strategy process in a corporation. This is most easily discussed in top-down fashion (section 2.2). The key take-away of this chapter is on strategic fit as the answer to “what is the best process for an organization.” Strategic fit highlights the fact that a good process develops
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Wriston Manufacturing Corporation The Detroit plant of the Heavy Equipment Division is the central source of concern in the operations of the Automotive Supplier Group, primarily because of the following reasons :- * The plant has been producing only a residue of low-volume products. * Product variety has been incredibly high with two lines of products with their own families and models. * Although
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Current Trends and Practices Michael Wisma Saint Joseph College of Indiana Today, problems associated with global business management have been identified as factors that negatively impact the performance and productivity of multinational corporations and in turn, adversely affect regional and national economic growth. While factors related to logistics and distribution are important when selecting international suppliers, they are inadequate when considered in isolation of internal and external
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LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION How to organize team creativity and harvest ideas JOHN ADAIR London and Philadelphia Publisher’s note Every possible effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is accurate at the time of going to press, and the publishers and author cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions, however caused. No responsibility for loss or damage occasioned to any person acting, or refraining from
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ESSENTIALS of Financial Risk Management Karen A. Horcher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ESSENTIALS of Financial Risk Management Essentials Series The Essentials Series was created for busy business advisory and corporate professionals. The books in this series were designed so that these busy professionals can quickly acquire knowledge and skills in core business areas. Each book provides need-to-have fundamentals for those professionals who must: Get up to speed quickly, because they
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