THE CASE OF THE PLANT RELOCATION INTRO TO BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY January 5‚ 2006 During this day and age when people want it now and want it fast‚ one can only envision how to make the fast honest buck. Given the situation with shareholders demanding a higher return on their investment‚ the only feasible solution is to relocate certain facilities to give the company a chance to survive. With unions wanting more money and United States regulations becoming stricter; if there are other alternatives
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The Case of the Plant Relocation By Karen Musalo Production costs are rising. Your company can make more money for shareholders by relocating your plants to a country with lower labour costs and fewer regulations. You are the chief executive of Electrocorp‚ an electronics company‚ which makes the onboard computer components for automobiles. In your production plants‚ complex hydrocarbon solvents are used to clean the chips and other parts that go into the computer components. Some of the solvents
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Case Memo #2 In this assignment‚ students will read and analyze a case study. In response to the case study‚ students will write an analysis in business memo format‚ addressed to the Board of Directors for the company. The memo is written by the student acting as a hired consultant for the company. The case study to be analyzed‚ The Case of Plant Relocation‚ is attached. By completing this assignment‚ students will meet the outcome(s): identify ethical issues that arise in domestic
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The case of the plant relocation Options Continue operations in US Move operations to Mexico Move operations to Philippines Move operations to South Africa Facts ( Manufacturing of computer components for automobiles.) Complex hydro-carbons used to clean chips and other parts. Solvent carcinogens must be handled with extreme care. Strike of union workers to raise wages. High wages i.e. $15/hour Safety regulations increasing cost of production. Environmental regulations increasing
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VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION RELOCATION MEMO PM 571 August 5‚ 2013 RIORDAN MANUFACTURING VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION RELOCATION MEMO Project Scope Statement: Riordan Manufacturing’s relocation from Hangzhou to Shanghai. Effectively planning the relocation of Riordan’s plant from Hanzhou to Shanghai is the key to a successful relocation. The relocation will entail moving staff‚ housing‚ office‚ and machinery to a new location. During the planning and execution of this relocation is important to focus
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Case Study Turnaround at the Preston plant Traci L Harris Management – MGT370 Ken Hjelmstad December 12‚ 2010 Case Study Turnaround at the Preston plant The Preston plant of Rendall Graphics was located in Preston‚ Vancouver. The plant was bought from the Georgetown Corporation by Rendall in March 2000. The plant produced Precision coated papers for ink-jet printers which accounted for the majority of the plant’s output. The plant started to experience problems in the quality of
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The Preston plant of Rendall Graphics was located in Preston‚ Vancouver. The plant produced Precision coated papers for ink-jet printers which accounted for the majority of the plant’s output. It started to experience problems in the quality of their output of the ink-jet paper and had received feedback in late 1998 from Hewlett-Packard (HP) about the problem. The team at Preston worked to resolve the problem and in October of 1999 made recommendations for a revised and improved coating formulation
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Riordan Manufacturing Relocation Management Plan PM/571 Riordan Manufacturing Relocation Management Plan Project Objective: Relocating Riordan Manufacturing from Hangzhou to Shanghai. Project Justification: The relocation of Riordan Manufacturing involves relocating all operations from Hangzhou to Shanghai. The decision for this relocation is the fact that the company’s Chinese partners already have the necessary facilities in place. Also‚ because of the proximal to the Qiantang River‚ there
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title: (Plant Protection) NAME: Karl Fitzpatrick. Date: 16/12/15. Describe five specific situations where pest and disease control measures are required: Vineweevil: This is an insect that attacks a wide range of plants‚ both indoors and outdoors‚ but can be especially damaging to container plants. He needs to be controlled otherwise he will kill the plant. Adult weevils eat plant leaves during spring and summer‚ its the grubs in autumn winter attack the roots of the plants‚ plants growing
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we live. Meaning we have to become sustainable in everything we do before it too late. The need for clean water air‚ affordable and reliable delivery of energy is sincerely needed by both the present generation and mostly future generation. Smarter Plant is a corporative initiative for IBM. IBM has made sustainability one of their top priorities. They are trying to produce products and processes that are more efficient for both the environment and business world. They are also developing new innovations
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