IT560 Unit 4 Assignment Cecil Williams Kaplan University IT560 Unit 4 Assignment Part A - Case Study III-3 Make-or-Buy Decision at Baxter Manufacturing Company 1. What are the arguments in favor of Manufacturing Vice President Moore’s proposal to purchase the manufacturing software from EMS? Moore argues that Baxter Manufacturing Company (BMC) is losing it’s reputation as a world-class parts manufacturer and is therefore implying that the company will lose business unless they purchase the manufacturing software. Moore also thinks that the manufacturing software will improve their manufacturing efficiency and customer service. The vendor, Effective Management Solutions (EMS), has told Moore that the entire system can be up and running in six months, where the estimated time to build an in-house system is two years.
It recognised that the industry needed to be reorganised but rejected the suggestion of nationalization. The report also recommended that the Government subsidy should be withdrawn and the miners' wages should be reduced. The leaders of the miners and the TUC refused to accept the report and the threatened a nationwide General Strike which inevitably took place in May 1926. Workers were adamant they weren’t going to work for these wages and as a result they protested which gained heavy media coverage, there famous slogan which showed they weren't going to put up with these unreasonable wage amounts was “Not a penny off the pay, not who persisted to protest without jobs. These are most important reasons h resulted in the TUC calling a general strike in 1926.
I. Introduction a. Ben & Jerry’s Homemade was on the table for takeover by other firms; specifically four, Dreyer’s, Unilever, Meadowbrook Lane and Chartwell. With the increased competitive market and declining financial performance, takeover bids were coming in. Co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield knew that in order for B&J to maintain its social stature, it would need to remain an independent company; but chief executive Perry Odak felt that the shareholders would be best served by selling the company. II.
Outsourcing the component would lower the company’s expenses but the amount is dependent on the order quantity and inventory costs. As well, if the bracket were outsourced this would possibly free up space around the unused stations at the burn table where the component is currently being manufactured. The other alternative is to keep the bracket production in-house. This option is not as economical as outsourcing but the risk of running out of the item or overstocking the item would be much
Disadvantage: * Technical evaluation after price negotiation causes an unfair price competition during auction between high quality suppliers and low quality suppliers. Suppliers with low quality may have lower cost structure comparing to high quality suppliers. Without setting the quality standard before the auction, it is likely that the auction winner may not be able to meet Casturn’s technical evaluation. * The cross-function time at step 5 have veto power. Even though this practice reduces the chance of making a bad re-sourcing decision, it wastes lots of time and energy from CMC and engineer team, and may discourage nominated supplier.
Because of Bigelow’s over powering influence this is definitely easier said than done. 4. What loner range steps should Fosdick take to improve the Providence distribution center’s productivity? To determine whether the company is going to keep or dump Bigelow, Fosdick should first consult with Easter. Bigelow appears to hold the key to the warehouse workforce’s productivity and few schemes to increase output will succeed without his blessings.
Section 1 – Understand why change happens in a business environment 1. Explain why change happens in a business environment. You should include at least three reasons in your answer. Change has to happen for a business to evolve. Political - Legislation changes can effect a business and the way it works, as can International policy for example you could no longer send arms to Syria, so therefore you change your company policy to send them to France Economic - Your product no longer sells, you competitors are pushing you out of the market.
Jones decides to buy Smithon Corporation he should buy it with the exchange in stocks instead of buying the Corporation outright. This will lower his acquisition cost and in return lower his taxable income since there is no recognition of a gain or loss on an acquisition company with a stock-for-stock exchange. If he decides to buy Smithon Manufacturing he will be able to change it to and S Corp and follow the fiscal year ending on December 31st. By changing it to an S corporation he will have the profits go directly to his personal income and avoid double taxation. A merger would best be used in this situation since it will help lower his taxable income and he can improve his operations and competitiveness.
1. With PortionPac being family owned company, compared to larger companies they might not be able to have social responsibility. Larger companies can provide items to the community when needed and be able to lose that money where as PortionPac might not be able to help the community. However, following the model PortionPac is already helping the community with the products they sale and even though they might not be able to give out millions of dollars the community will look to see what they are able to help with. Even though PortionPac lacks in the ability to contribute in large amounts I think that they are still able to follow the Socioeconomic Model.
Or just buy a standard Groupon and throw money away trying to get new businesses. If the math I just showed you didn’t make sense then you might be the right type of business to offer a Groupon. Don’t worry about it too much though, your business will probably be closed soon anyway if you are that desperate that you’re willing to take 35% from bargain shoppers on the off-chance that it brings you substantial new