Write-Up Maytag: Incredibly Loose Supervision of a Foreign Subsidiary; Also‚ the Allure of Outsourcing October 10‚ 2010 104002877 The main topic of the Maytag case is the poor decisions made by Maytag management over the years that created financial hardships‚ loss of market share‚ and forcing the organization to outsource much of its operation. The case provides several examples that support the main topic. Three main examples to support the main topic are the loose rains Maytag Corporation
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Case Nineteen: Maytag Corporation 2002: Focus on North America In the beginning‚ Maytag was extremely competitive and popular. The company made its mark as the high quality‚ high price home laundry appliance maker. They were successful with making themselves leader in washing machines. As time passed‚ Maytag began to lose their competitive advantage. Maytag was slow to develop new innovations and models which cost the company to lose its leadership of the industry. This loss was very
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I. Executive Summary Maytag Corporation was founded in 1893 by Fred L Maytag and two other men. The company built its first washing machine in 1907. From there the company quickly expanded into a national corporation. With the sweeping globalization movement of the 1990’s‚ Maytag has attempted to establish a presence as a global competitor in the appliance industry. As the company has tried to establish itself in the developing global marketplace‚ it has had difficulties. Not only were consumers
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During the period from 1997 to 2001 Maytag is making money .However‚ it seem to have a little fluctuation go up and then go down. 1999 was the best year for the company. Also there is a sign of danger because from the mid of 1998 to 2001 the company had increase its sale but there profit went down but that could be acceptable because they have expanded and improved their business . In term of liquidity Maytag was doing just good enough to pay its bills when they came due because its current and
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In 2005‚ sales at appliance manufacturer Maytag were suffering due to a combination of rising material and labor costs‚ increasing competition‚ and a decreasing market share. When Maytag received a takeover bid from a private US investment group‚ they opened up the bidding to other offers. One of the companies considering a bid was China ’s largest home appliance maker‚ Haier. Pros: Cons: Chinese government policy encouraged its large companies to acquire overseas brands and combine them into
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Earnings from Maytag neighboring businesses 110 Less: earnings from Aga sale 49 Less: earnings from Dixie-Narco sale 46 Extra earnings from purchases of other Maytag parts 15 The figure is acquired by deducting the number of cash acquired from the purchases of Aga Sales and Dixie-Narco which was $49 and $46 million separately from the Proceeds acquired from Maytag adjoining organizations which were $110 million. Purchase of organizations‚ less money procured 797 Less: Earnings from Maytag adjoining
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