Diamond Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project Late one afternoon in January 2001‚ Frank Greystock told Lucy Morris‚ “No one seems satisfied with the analysis so far‚ but the suggested changes could kill the project. If solid projects like this can’t swim past the corporate piranhas‚ the company will never modernize.” Morris was plant manager of Diamond Chemicals’ Merseyside Works in Liverpool‚ England. Her controller‚ Frank Greystock‚ was discussing a capital project that she wanted to propose
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the order process it is important to have the correct information provided in a timely fashion to all divisions. For integration to be successful information must be available throughout the entire supply chain. The main problem is with Woodson Chemical Company is the lack of management and communication across all divisions within the organization creating bottlenecks throughout the operations. There are several sub problems seen throughout the organization at different levels of management and
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Dow Chemical Case When Petroquímica Bahia Blanca S.A. (PBB) began the process of becoming privatized by the Argentine government‚ Dow Chemicals saw the acquisition of this company as a golden opportunity to become the leading polyethylene player in Latin America. Dow Chemical’s was already a major player in the chemicals (ethylene)‚ plastics (polyethylene)‚ and agricultural products industries holding position as a low-cost producer. Breaking each segment of their business down into
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Case 1: Chemical Bank: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard see page 233-252 Questions for the case: 1. What does Mike Hegarty want to accomplish with the BSC ? 2. Comment on the BSC implementation at Chemical’s Retail Bank ? 3. What pitfalls need to be avoided for a successful BSC project? Balanced Scorecard Implementation Pitfalls to Avoid There are many Balanced Scorecard implementations where companies don ’t seem to get all the benefits described above. Research and experience have
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Dow Chemical Case Question 1 Polyethylene is the world’s most widely used plastic. Polyethylene plastic’s principal application was in packaging‚ from trash bags to milk jugs. It was widely used in the manufacture of everything from trash bags‚ picnic cutlery and garbage pails‚ to plastic toys. Polyethylene also replaced glass‚ wood‚ and metal in certain applications. There were three types of polyethylene‚ Low-density polyethylene‚ High density polyethylene and Low linear density polyethylene
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Question 1 Issues Arising From Case The issues are the future viability of the plant for producing EPC and the long-term effects of not upgrading this production line. The additional upgrade will result in additional production‚ but as mentioned by the sales director if there is no demand for the increase in supply and Rotterdam plants excess will be added to the Mersey side quantities the plant upgrade could ultimately result in a dropping of prices to shift supply. The transport division is also
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Chemical Banks – Allocation of Profits Question 1. How will you resolve the due bill controversy? Due Bill Controversy: Metro Division’s service to sell the Due Bill for the Treasury division is not recognized by the Treasury department. While Metro acted like a cost center‚ Treasury acted as profit center. When Metro Bank division reviewed the profit loss statement for the Due Bills‚ it was found that Metro division was incurring loss of $26.50 for each transaction. Consequences of Due
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Glysdi Lin P. Martin Grade-V Bais City-Special Science Elem. School October‚11‚2013 Activity 2 I Problem: Identifying the products of chemical change. II Hypothesis: I think that the chemical change is an irreversible process. The wet iron filings by the next day it will turn into rusting material because it is exposed to the atmosphere. While the dry iron filings is not III Materials: The setup in the previous activity‚ small plate‚ dry iron filings. IV Procedure: 1. Place the
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Chapter 04 - Fundamentals of Cost Analysis for Decision Making 4-61. (continued) Incremental Cash Flow – Alternative A Make Containers and Perform Maintenance Year of Operation 2 3 0 Buy GHL Tax savings on purchase Cash flow on purchase Other materials Labor: Supervisor Labor: Workers Rent: Warehouse Maintenance Other expenses Manager’s salary Total costs Tax savings Cash flow due to costs Tax effects of depreciation Tax effect of GHL costs Total cash flow Discount rate factor (10%) Present
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Case: AMERICAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 1. Executive Summary Dixon‚ an American specialty chemical producer‚ wants to buy Collinsville plant from American Chemical Corporation‚ another typical chemical company in 1979. Dixon wants to diversify its product line buy acquiring the aforesaid plant‚ which produces sodium-chlorate to supply to paper producers in Southeastern part of the US. This plant initially cost 12 mln. USD and additional 2‚25 mln. USD needed to buy laminate technology to increase efficiency
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