ABC Steel Company Case Study
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 now “ABC Steel Company” still experiencing problems about their productivity and man power. But there are strengths they can still use to fix the problems of the company and there are also weaknesses that they should fix.
Strengths:
Ninety percent of the laborers came from a nearby barangay and many were also baranggay leaders that are implementing company policies and taking disciplinary action against the workers. Other baranggay leaders who did not hold positions of responsibility with ABC Company were able to undermine the authority of the leadmen and supervisors in the shop. Two of the five Bay supervisors were described by the workers as “baranggay leaders”, two were described as being “not important” in the baranggay. One supervisor was an “outsider” and did not reside in the nearby baranggay. This can lead to efficient and accurate production because they came from the same barangay. They should trust each other and the supervisors can easily give the task to all of the leadmen and its workers.
Weaknesses:
As of now there are still many weaknesses that they should change or fix so the company will have its progress and be as good as new again. The General Manager admitted, production and control was a “hit and miss” affair. Which means the production and control sometimes succeeds and sometimes fails. Also, there is a shortage of skilled manpower, the use of skilled welders, cutters, and steel workers was ABC Company’s only assurance that this quality
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 now “ABC Steel Company” still experiencing problems about their productivity and man power. But there are strengths they can still use to fix the problems of the company and there are also weaknesses that they should fix.
Strengths:
Ninety percent of the laborers came from a nearby barangay and many were also baranggay leaders that are implementing company policies and taking disciplinary action against the workers. Other baranggay leaders who did not hold positions of responsibility with ABC Company were able to undermine the authority of the leadmen and supervisors in the shop. Two of the five Bay supervisors were described by the workers as “baranggay leaders”, two were described as being “not important” in the baranggay. One supervisor was an “outsider” and did not reside in the nearby baranggay. This can lead to efficient and accurate production because they came from the same barangay. They should trust each other and the supervisors can easily give the task to all of the leadmen and its workers.
Weaknesses:
As of now there are still many weaknesses that they should change or fix so the company will have its progress and be as good as new again. The General Manager admitted, production and control was a “hit and miss” affair. Which means the production and control sometimes succeeds and sometimes fails. Also, there is a shortage of skilled manpower, the use of skilled welders, cutters, and steel workers was ABC Company’s only assurance that this quality