Executive Summary Precision Worldwide‚Inc (PWI) is a manufacturing company of industrial machines and equipment for almost 90 years. One of their plants located in Frankfurt‚ Germany‚ produces a particular model at a price ranging from $ 18‚900 to $ 28‚900. Moreover‚ the plant has another department that manufactures steel retaining rings. These rings are considered as an integrate parts of the machines they are actually manufactured. This department can sell their rings either internally or externally
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Precision Worldwide‚ Inc. RECOMMENDATION: Sell the steel rings to the current customers in the French market and inform them that the company has discovered another innovative technique that will decrease their cost and increase the wear time on the rings. Also explain that you are testing the product in other markets to determine if it is a superior product worth their time. Once the steel rings have been exhausted introduce the plastic rings. Utilize the excess labor to produce the steels rings
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Precision Worldwide‚ Inc. Case Study Case Study Background: Precision Worldwide‚ Inc. (PWI) manufactures industrial machines and equipment for sale in numerous countries. Repair and replacement parts account for a substantial part of the company’s business. The replacement part in question‚ steel rings‚ occur in the machines manufactured only in PWI’s Frankfurt Germany plant‚ but can also be used on some competitor’s machines. The steel ring manufactured by PWI has an average normal life of about
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CASE WRITE-UPS: “Precision Worldwide‚ Inc.” When a competitor develops and introduces a superior product‚ that is less costly to manufacture and even many times usable and durable‚ Hans Thorborg‚ the general manager of the German plant of Precision Worldwide‚ Inc.(PWI)‚ and his team have to decide to math the competitor’s product. When to do so‚ how to price or what sustainable competitive advantage they need to adopt during the next strategic period‚ given that they hold a large inventory‚ which
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Precision Worldwide‚ Inc. Introduction When a competitor develops and introduces a superior product that is less costly to manufacture and even many times usable and durable‚ the key to people at Precision Worldwide must decide whether to match the competitor’s product‚ when to do so‚ how to price or what sustainable competitive advantage it needs to adopt during the next strategic period‚ given that it holds a large inventory of its now inferior product. This issue concerns the steel and plastic
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Harvard Business Case 1 - Precision World Wide‚ Inc. Managerial Accounting BUS5431‚ Spring 2015 What action should Hans Thorborg take? Why? Hans Thorborg is the general manager of a manufacturing firm‚ Precision Worldwide‚ Inc.‚ which produces steel rings for various domestic and international companies. Recently there has been a shift in the market to a new product‚ a ring made of plastic rather than steel. The new product is of a higher quality in regard to consumer concerns compared
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SUBJECT: Precision Worldwide‚ Inc. RECOMMENDATION: My recommendation for Precision Worldwide‚ Inc. (PWI) is to immediately stop the production of steel rings. PWI then needs to sell the remaining steel rings to at least recoup some of their initial investment. In the meantime they should start producing‚ selling‚ and distributing plastic rings to their entire market of customers while attracting new customers who may prefer this new option. CONCLUSION: By changing their production offering to
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BBC Worldwide: Global Strategy Case Company Overview The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1922 by a group of radio manufacturers in order to popularize the new medium and create content for customers to listen to on their new devises. The organization grew as it developed a radio transmitter network and started looking at other media types. However‚ due to an issue of license fee collection‚ the BBC experienced heavy financial losses which caused the original radio manufacturers
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Case Analysis: Colgate Precision Prepared for Instructor University Prepared by Student University October 19‚ 2011 INTRODUCTION Colgate-Palmolive has been researching and developing a superior toothbrush‚ the Colgate Precision‚ and as the Precision Product Manager I have overseen the development of the Precision from start to finish. We have been developing a technical innovation in the toothbrush industry‚ and with the product’s launch pending there have been several factors
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Precision Instruments Case Study 1. What are the different sources of Precision Instruments’ problems? After much success and high profits in their former location‚ Precision Instruments decided to move into a new‚ more luxurious location. Harold‚ who had committed the most capital during Precision’s startup‚ had developed excellent relationships with the workers‚ and always was a source of encouragement to them‚ retired. All of this‚ combined with the new building’s expenses and a downturn in
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