The Crisis In August of 2000 the tire manufacturer Bridgestone/Firestone Inc faced a major problem with there Firestone‚ ATX‚ ATXII and Wilderness At tires. The case involved more then 14.4 million tires that have been installed on sport utility vehicles. 70% of the tires are on Ford SUV and light pickup trucks. Some of the other makes are Nissan‚ Toyota and Subaru. The reports are that the tires are shredding involving high heat‚ overloading and tires being under inflated. California‚ Arizona
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2013 The Treadway Tire Company The Treadway Tire Company in Lima‚ Ohio is faced with rather difficult times. These difficulties however are not due to lack of work with a down recession‚ or concerned with too much demand and not enough capacity to fill it. These issues are deep within the company and affect the organization very seriously every day. The lack of training‚ ineffective leadership and employee communication are the problems challenging the Treadway Tire Company as well as contributing
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Fireside Tire Company‚ a manufacturer of radial tires for sport utility vehicles‚ sells its products in the automotive aftermarket and distributes them throughout the United States. Fireside has three tire production plants locates in Allentown‚ Pennsylvania; Toledo‚ Ohio; and Macomb‚ Illinois (see map). Normally‚ Fireside ships tires from its plants to distribution centers‚ but truckload-size purchases typically are transported directly from plants to customer locations. Al shipments to a region
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Canadian tire history In 1922‚ John W. and Alfred J. Billes buy Hamilton Tire and Garage Ltd in Toronto. One year later‚ the two sell their garage and move to a new location under the name "Canadian Tire. By 1927‚ Canadian Tire was officially incorporated. In 1934‚ Canadian Tire had its first associate store open in Hamilton. This served as a catalyst in the development of the company’s expansion across Canada. In 1937‚ A.J Billes introduces a new and innovative idea to draw attention to their
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Backg Introduction Tire City‚ Inc is a growing distributor of tires in the Northeastern part of the United States. Tire City‚ Inc is positioned in eastern Massachusetts‚ southern New Hampshire and northern Connecticut. Tire City‚ Inc distributes its product through a chain of 10 stores and a central warehouse outside Worcester‚ Massachusetts. In the past three years‚ Tire City has grown at an annual compound rate of 20% which was attributed to its excellent reputation for service and
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CASE SYNOPSIS The IT group at Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC)‚ located at the headquarters of a network of five major business groups‚ is faced with developing an implementation plan for the development of a business intelligence (BI) infrastructure and business capability at Canadian Tire Retail (CTR). Concurrent to this initiative is the development and implementation of an IT strategy for CTC that places a number of programs on the priority list‚ with BI seen as a high priority item for which
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Background The Treadway Tire Company is a major supplier of goods for replacement tire markets and original equipment manufacturers such as Ford‚ General Motors‚ and Chrysler. In 2000‚ Treadway’s Lima Tire Plant underwent a $100 million expansion which increased the plant’s capacity to utilize new technology for the manufacturing department. However‚ due to the rising cost of raw materials‚ increase global competition‚ and the high turnover rate of the line foreman‚ the Lima tire plant was challenged
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Introduction The Fitzburg Tire Company’s construction manager‚ Max Bierman‚ has been working on a plant in Cuernavaca‚ Mexico. This plant is Bierman’s first assignment outside the U.S. and it is not going according to his expectations. After merely three months‚ the project is running behind schedule and overriding its forecasted budget. The occurring problems are mostly to blame on the cross-cultural differences between the United States and Mexico. The Mexican workforce do not share the fear
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The Treadway Tire Company continues to claim a major role in the tire manufacturing industry of the United States of America. With more than 9‚000 employees in eight manufacturing plants‚ we must look at our workforce as the most valuable resource and revaluate our challenges in this area as opportunities for improvement. As we face the increased cost of raw materials and the rising price of crude oil; our labor cost and performance become noticeably important to keep Treadway ahead over our competitors
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Tire City‚ Inc. (TCI) is a rising distributor of automotive tires in northeastern United States. Their distribution centers arelocated throughout eastern Massachusetts. Their tires are sold as on-demand bases with chain of 10 shops located all throughout eastern Massachusetts with a central warehouse outside Massachusetts. Due to this proximity of warehouse‚ TCI stores enjoyed just-in-time delivery with only 24 hours of lag time. Tire City‚ Inc. sales have grown at compounded annual rate in excess
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