Case Study: Circuit Board Fabricators Inc. Carl Anthony Jackson Sr. University of Phoenix OSC301 Operations Management Kimberly Ford January‚ 21 2008 In this case study Circuit Board Fabricators manufactures circuit boards for several computer companies. CBF has a capacity to produce 1000 circuit boards per day‚ but CBF can not meet these objectives set by process engineers. This case study will analyze what CBF is doing wrong and how they can improve their process
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Case Study #1 Ford and Firestone’s Tire Recall: The Costliest Information Gap in History 1. Briefly summarize the problems and major issues in this case. To what extent was this crisis an information management problem? What role did databases and data management play? Answer: These are the problems and major issues that I found in this case: • 46 deaths and more than 300 accidents • A confidential memo sent by Firestone to Ford claiming that everything was fine • Ford recall in 16
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GOODYEAR Aquatred Case Study How do consumers purchase tires? Tire consumers (at replacement market) will buy tire at two different occasions: when they need new tire immediately (emergency occasion)‚ and as a spare change in case of emergency (preventative occasion). It is dubbed a “grudge purchase” where consumers won’t have any choice but to buy tires in order to make sure that their car is able to run. The average time between purchases is 2.5 years but more than 50% of all consumers buy the
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[pic] Group 2 Nikhil Jain PGP/12/184 Midhun S PGP/12/222 Shamin S PGP/12/232 Sherief Rasheed PGP/12/234 Zubin Kabeer T. PGP/12/246 Neerja Chowdary PGP/12/259 Key Issues: How can Goodyear be more competitive and maintain
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B.F. Goodrich was a manufacturer of tires and related rubber products‚ chemicals‚ plastics‚ and a variety of industrial products‚ components and systems. It was also the fourth-largest US producer of tires‚ and the largest US producer of polyvinyl chloride resins and compounds. However‚ the 1982 deficit brought hard financial times for B.F. Goodrich. The company`s financial statements took a large blow‚ resulting in its credit rating being downgraded from BBB to BBB-. At the end of the 1982 fiscal
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After watching this video where Danny Gioia talks about his time at Ford and listening to these students pick his brain about his experience with the Pinto Fires scenario. Overall‚ after reading the case and Gioia’s personal memoir about his experience and how he grew‚ I felt strongly connected to his case. After writing my ethical dilemma paper‚ I found myself falling into scripting my unethical behavior and also not fully being aware of their ethical situation. I knew that something felt weird about
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Bridgestone TG Australia Pty. Ltd. David Evans Production Planning and Control Supply chain overview 15/07/2004 Supply Chain 1 Global Network Head office Regional management company Manufacturing company 15/07/2004 Supply Chain 2 Main overseas suppliers Overseas suppliers: Overseas suppliers provide 58% of raw materials and components. TG (Japan) airbag and steering wheel components. Fico‚ (Spain) sunvisor components. Corus‚ (UK) stainless steel strip. Otto Bock‚ (Germany)
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Case 30 Firestone and Ford: The Tire Tread Separation Tragedy I t is often tricky to know when an ethical or social issue really begins. Does it begin before it is “recognized” or “identified” as an issue? Does it begin when an isolated manager recognizes an incident or a trend and reports it via a memo to his superiors? Does it begin once the media get hold of information and the frenzy begins? Such questions arise in the case of the Firestone–Ford tire tread separation debacle that began dominating
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the tire tread separation strategy (case for discusiion for bba iii b on Tuesday 21 May 2013) It is often tricky to know when an ethical orsocial issue really begins. Does it begin before it is “recognized” or “identified” as an issue? Does it begin when an isolated manager recognizes an incident or a trend and reports it via a memo to his superiors? Does it begin once the media get hold of information and the frenzy begins? Such questions arise in the case of the Firestone–Ford tire tread separation
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Ford-Firestone Case 1. The Recall In July 1998‚ Sam Boyden from State Farm Insurance received a call from a claims adjuster inquiring about Firestone tread separation. Sam began to research this issue and he found that there were 20 more such cases going back to 1992. All 21 cases involved Firestone ATX tires and 14 of them involved the Ford Explorer. He then sent an unsolicited e-mail to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing the 21 Firestone cases. In return‚ The
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