Supplement to product 9B07C020.

Supplement to product 9B07C020.

Supplement to product 9B07C020.

Zhang resigned from a SOE (state-owned company) in 1992 and set up Nanchen Aluminum Ltd in 1995. After a series of acquisitions, Zhang successfully established Beijing Weihao Aluminum Group, which in 2002 had assets of 400 million yuan. Rapid growth has presented many challenges. One of the challenges is that most employees had been employed by SOEs before joining the Weihao Group, and as a result they did not have the entrepreneurial attitude that .....more

Goldas is a Turkish-based manufacturer and exporter-importer of gold jewelry. The company is looking at expanding the number of retail stores and increasing revenues through export and its overseas stores. The international relations director must decide what to do first: increase the number of retail stores or increase revenues, and must factor the financing and production issues for each.

A joint venture between ASIMCO and Caterpillar had recently finished several major projects. The plant was under pressure to increase revenue and had secured the bid on a new customer order, but this addition put a strain on the plant's profitability and management must decide whether it should reduce the casting technology cost or gradually phase out of the agreement. This is a supplement to ASIMCO International Casting Company (A), product .....more

Hilcrest is a manufacturer of parts for the automotive industry. The quality manager of the company's Small Parts Division struggles to improve the quality of the firm's heater core tubing production process. A comprehensive operations analysis must be performed to make quality-improvement decisions quickly, including task analysis, process flow, capacity analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and payback analysis.

AWARD WINNING CASE - This case was a winner at the AIB Case Competition, Academy of International Business, 2001 and first place winner of the 2001 Indiana University Center for International Business Education and Research (IUCIBER) International Case Competition. Meridco Magnesium is an international automotive parts supplier of magnesium die-cast components with manufacturing plants in Canada, the United States and France. The company has a strong .....more

Taurus Stampings Inc., a metal stampings business had finally acquired enough capital to invest in a much-needed computer system to automate its operations. The administrative and materials manager was asked to recommend whether the company should purchase a software package or have custom software developed. The current processes had to be analyzed, needs identified, and criteria established to evaluate the options.

Canadian Closures manufactured beer bottle caps and was a joint venture (JV) between an Australian closures company and a Canadian brewery. Its general manager had led the company in resolving its operational and financial problems over the past two years and had been meeting the parent companies' profit targets. He wanted to provide a strategic vision for Canadian Closure's future which included possible expansion into the United States. .....more