CASE STUDY Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company‚ one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers‚ has worked with Penske on several Six Sigma initiatives. As its lead logistics provider (LLP)‚ Penske’s quality team of associates are trained in Six Sigma practices and work closely with Ford to streamline operations and create and maintain a more centralized logistics network. Together‚ they uncovered several areas for real cost savings as a result of reducing inbound carrier discrepancies‚ eliminating
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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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Critical Factors Here is yet another case that proves to have many critical factors. We are dealing with a company that is downsizing‚ which may cause employee concerns. They are facing the need to make a decision on how to make the appropriate selection of employees to layoff‚ without facing Title VII discrimination violations‚ and they obviously have an issue that needs to be addressed with how the company is currently handling employee evaluations and appraisals. The most critical issue here
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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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The House of Quality by John R. Hauser and Don Clausing Harvard Business Review Reprint 88307 Design is a team effort‚ but how do marketing and engineering talk to each other? The House of Quality by John R. Hauser and Don Clausing Digital Equipment‚ Hewlett-Packard‚ AT&T‚ and ITT are getting started with it. Ford and General Motors use it – at Ford alone there are more than 50 applications. The “house of quality‚” the basic design tool of the management approach known as
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BOSTON BEER COMPANY: LIGHT BEER DECISION _Background Information_: The Boston Beer Company‚ which was founded in 1984‚ had a very diversified thriving product line which entailed about twenty different kinds of beers. Their product was available in over nineteen various countries and used a network of around four hundred distributors. Revenues grew from 21 million dollars to 210 million dollars from inception to 1997. _Problem and Opportunity Identification_: As a result of the company’s product
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The Collins Companies‚ was able to sustain the environment‚ communities and make a profit. By starting the JTS‚ Journey to sustainability in 1997‚ and creating team to work they main focus areas energy‚ waste and water. For the energy‚ the team were able to conserve energy and reduce the heat‚ also found new ways to capture the wasted energy and reuse it. For the product waste they are also able to find new ways to use‚ they has sander dust‚ wood chips waste as well purchasing glue. For the sander
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BYLAWS OF THE TRADING COMPANY OSI HEALTH XXI‚ S.L. Title 1.- NAME‚ PURPOSE‚ REGISTERED OFFICE AND DURATION Article 1.- Corporate name. The corporate name is OSI HEALTH XXI‚ S.L.‚ which shall be governed by these Bylaws and‚ in matters not provided for therein‚ by the Capital Company Act and other applicable provisions. Article 2.- Corporate purpose. The corporate purpose is: 1. - The performance of activities and investments related to (i) the promoting or securing goods and services related to
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Network Solution‚ Inc. 3 2.1 Profile of Network Solutions’ 3 2.2 Challenge faced by Network Solutions’ 3 3.0 Performance Management 3 3.1 Overview of Performance Management System 4 3.2 Characteristics of an ‘ideal’ performance management system 4 4.0 Network Solutions’ Performance Management System 5 4.1 Ideal characteristics which implemented at Network Solutions 5 4.2 Identification of mislaid characteristics at Network Solutions 5 5.0 Implementation system from Network Solutions 7 5.1
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statement for the period of January 1‚ 2004 to June 30‚ 2004‚ this idea is not supported. Even though product 103 continued to be unprofitable in 2004‚ Hilton Manufacturing Company did realize a profit of $158‚000 for the first half of the year by keeping it in production. By keeping product 103 in production‚ Hilton Manufacturing Company was able to spread out its fixed costs over three products instead of just two. Furthermore‚ dropping product 103 or any of the products for that matter would not have
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