1. Give a brief overview of the situation at Treadway Tires. This Case present the Treadway tires’ management concern about the high foremen turnover at the Lima Ohio plant. This facility counts with approximately 970 unionized hourly employees which are supervised by 50 salaried‚ non-unions‚ floor level managers called line foremen. These foremen as First-line managers are responsible for the daily supervision of non-managerial employees at the areas of production‚ maintenance‚ material control
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Goodyear’s Aquatred Case Goodyear‚ around the late 1980s was developing a tire that would set them apart from the competition. Unfortunately they were stuck in a time when replacing tires was not high on peoples list of pleasantries‚ which will be explained in greater detail. Goodyear developed what they called the Aquatred tire which was supposed to give greater traction during wet weather and a superior quality that would have the same traction after much use as some tires did when they were
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PGP/12/259 Key Issues: How can Goodyear be more competitive and maintain its leader position? How to launch Aquatred effectively? Factors to be taken into consideration: Intense competition • many players in the industry‚ both branded and private label • Michelin‚ was growing very fast in both replacement and OEM market • private label had become the biggest threat for all branded tires since many branded tire owners intended to replace their tires with private label. Changes
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Case Analysis The Treadway Tire Company Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at Lima Tire Plant July 26th‚ 2010 Submitted By (Group 3): Abhinav Gogia – 2010005 Aakash Tyagi -2010002 Aditya Gaurav – 2010017 Aditya Kalani – 2010018 Animesh Jain - 2010030 Objective Ashley Wall‚ Director Human Resources for one of the plants of The Treadway Tire Company situated in Lima has to submit an effective plan to resolve the issues that are faced in the plant and are impacting
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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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Introduction: Treadway tire company case study is focused on negative work policies that are implemented by General managers and supervisors for the line foremen‚ it apparently has a turnover problems due to consequent conflicting decisions made by management. BackGround: To improve the overall production by reducing the existing turnover situation‚ Ashley Wall from Greenville plant was sent to lima plant. Problem: The major problem with treadway tire company can be noticed from foreman
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Fireside Tire Company: Case Study Latrice Alston GB 570 Professor Craddock February 22‚ 2011 Fireside Tire Company: Case Study Fireside Tire Company faced with the challenge on deciding which location is more advantageous to move product using a centralized distribution center. The following locations have been selected as possible locations: Atlanta‚ Chattanooga
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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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Problem Statement and Root Cause Analysis On the surface‚ it may appear that the high turnover experienced at the Lima plant was the result of morale and job dissatisfaction issues. However‚ closer analysis identifies these factors as symptoms of a larger problem. Yes‚ the high turnover is a symptom of a larger problem. The morale and job dissatisfaction are symptoms as well. One symptom influences or lead to other symptoms. For instance‚ the morale and job dissatisfaction led to the high turnover
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Challenges for Treadway Tire Company Lima Plant High turnover and lack of job satisfaction at Treadway Tire Company is on the rise and presents challenges. The Lima Plant projected year-end figures were 23 out of 50 foremen turned over that equates to a rate of 46% which is extremely high. These issues stems from inadequate training to lack of trust and respect. Background: Treadway Tire Company Lima Plant‚ Lima‚ OH Treadway Tire Company is a major supplier in the United States tire manufacturing business
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