TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT: A CASE ANALYSIS OF DEERE & COMPANY By Geric F. Miñano BACKGROUND OF THE CASE Deere & Company‚ founded in 1837‚ is a word leading manufacturer‚ distributor‚ and financier of equipment for agriculture‚ construction‚ forestry‚ and commercial and consumer applications‚ today does business in more than 160 countries‚ manufactures products in 10 countries and employs more than 34‚000 people worldwide. Deere & Company or also known as John Deere has been the free world’s
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Improvement Opportunity The Kroger company‚ a leading grocery store in the United States‚ has difficulties when it comes to the supply of seafood mostly due to the fact that it is hard to predict the supply or demand pattern (Kaufman‚ 2002). At times there is a significant number of products on the shelves that are in excess whereas sometimes there is too little to meet the customer wants. So as to remedy this situation and ensure that there is nearly the exact amount required at all times the cause
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and production problems and limitations that an own-brand manufacturer in CPG industry faces. Distribution: there are three types of distributions channels in Taiwan CPG industry: Wholesale and retail chain store‚ distributor and Pxmart. In Farcent case‚ wholesaler and retail chain stores generate highest sales revenue. However these hypermarkets and chain stores are booming with competitive advantage to ask manufacturer to pay more for distribution fee. Indeed‚ it is more difficult to raise operation
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ABE JUNE 2013 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CASE STUDY ANALYSIS FIAT AUTOMOBILES S.p.A OVERVIEW Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A manufactures and markets automobiles‚ light commercial vehicles and related products in Italy‚ Europe‚ South America and Turkey. The company was formally known as FIAT Auto S.p.A and changed its name to Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A in February 2007. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Turin‚ Italy. Fiat Automobiles S.p.A operates as a subsidiary of Fiat S.p.A.
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In 2006 Ford Motor Company was in tough shape and had lost 25% of its market share since 1990. They had lost $12.7 billion‚ its worst performance ever. They held a portfolio of brands that require major capital infusions like Jaguar‚ Land Rover‚ Aston Martin‚ and Volvo. Labor costs were as high as $76/hour and was making the company’s operating margins uncompetitive here in the U.S. and overseas. Japanese automakers development of new automobiles were months ahead of Ford’s at the time also leading
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THE FORD PINTO CASE A Dangerous Product On 10 August 1978 Judy Ann Ulrich‚ eighteen‚ was driving a 1973 Ford Pinto to volley-ball practice in Goshen‚ Indiana. Inside the car with her were her sister Lynn Marie‚ sixteen‚ and their cousin Donna Ulrich‚ eighteen. As they were heading north on U.S. Route 33‚ their car was struck from behind by a 1972 Chevrolet van. The Pinto collapsed like an accordion; the fuel tank ruptured; and the car exploded in flames. Lynn Marie and Donna burned to death in
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Anglo-Dutch consumer product from Unilever decided to grant 100‚000 individual flexible working hours so they can have a positive employment practice. The company did a trail run of Agile Working in one of their sites and saw how successful it was and then offered this flexible work program to many more employees. Unilever purchased technology equipment so their employees can complete their work outside of their office. The technology that has been handed to the employees has had a good response
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The Clorox Company (CLX) Is Set to Make a Single-digit Dividend Increase The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX) is a dividend aristocrat and was always considered as a safe play for the retirement portfolio. CLX has increased dividend each year since 1977. Last year‚ the company increased quarterly dividend by more than 3%‚ while it appears in a strong position to make a larger dividend growth this year. Its dividend yield is currently standing around 2.37%‚ compared to the industry average of 2%. Its cash
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issues and/or repurchases of equity and/or debt of YOUR Company. a. Explain how owner’s equity could be affected by the choice of equity or liabilities. Use some ratios to illustrate. 1. The dividend payout ratio is 23.7 %( 159/671). Dividend payment can vary from different companies. For growing companies‚ they tend to reinvest using their equities so the dividend payment may be very low or even zero‚ but Beiersdorf is a mature company‚ so it has a high dividend payout ratio. Nevertheless‚ this
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Search advertising is the core business of Google Company. Search advertising is a mean of establishing online advertisements on internet. Google Company earns revenue by charging for each click on search advertisement. However‚ the search advertising of Google Company has been facing a trouble recently. Google’s total advertising revenue has been reduced for year over year as the amount can charge on search advertisement has been decreasing. This problem is caused by the evolution of mobile devices
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