Introduction
Question One
Based on the information presented in the scenario/case study discuss Albatross Anchor’s competitiveness in relation to (please address all items in the below list and provide support for your conclusions):
1. Cost a) Cost of Production: To understand the cost of production we must first understand what two costs are valuable to company along what can make a company gain or lose profit. First we look at Variable cost which “depends on what materials and labor are needed for the company” and in this case it is anchors which can vary with the volume of anchors that is produced (Russell & Taylor, 2011). The fixed costs are “those that do not vary with output and typically in rents, deprecation, insurance,
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When it comes to the flexibility of filling order Albatross only sells their anchors at wholesale price and it is mainly to companies and not the general consumer/public. Another factor to consider is the way the building is set up along with the limited amount of space that is available in the warehouse between each department. Many items depending on the size and quantity can take weeks in order to fill that particular order.
4. Technology. When it comes to our current world and as much technology that is used one may think that they would have found a way to put it use within their company but that is not the case. Albatross Anchors only tend to changes as they go along causing them to fall behind when it comes to technology. The machines are older which has me wondering about the added cost that it may cause to keep them going.
5. Capacity and facilities. After reviewing the video I see that their facilities are in poor conditions making it harder for many to work that type of environment. The administrative office have no space/order to them along with their shipping or receiving department affecting how the company flows on a daily bases. Not having enough space along with clean, organized facilities can affect the produce and output of a company.
6. Service to customers. Albatross Anchors only sell to wholesalers not really having a relationship to their consumers. Because many of products are sold by distribution companies or OEM companies usually have
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The management level of this company has lack communication with their employees. The company never empower their employees, which makes all the employees become lazy and more likely to listen the orders from the SMART group.
1. Please conduct a financial ratio analysis using the data in Exhibit 2. How do the results reflect different strategies pursued by the 4 firms?
Albatross Anchors usually do small batch production order due to plant antiquation and safety issues. With the limited manufacturing area and warehouse space the limited space to store raw materials is costing the company more money to produce the anchors. The time frame of production of order is very important to the retailers the less time to produce the more units can be produced to increase the production and bring down the cost of production. Speed in production is the new competitive edge in production as quick as the order is placed by the customer; the customer is expecting the manufacture to have it delivered to them. The way a manufacturing company can meet the challenge of speed by employing the tools and techniques that produce speed in design production and delivery tools like rapid prototyping, concurrent engineering, simulation and 3D modeling, build to order through lean and agile manufacturing, Six Sigma, outsourcing, third party logistics, cross docking. Companies must use them efficiently and effectively in order to gain a competitive advantage (Tompkins, 2002). The company must make technology changes it is the way of the future. Must understand the process of satisfying the customer and using effective communication in order to achieve and maintain speed, and continue through the supply chain to the customer and the supply chain to the suppliers with continuous flow of communication.
Organization of the front office: In the video one of their employees had little to no information about the resort. The managers need to inform all their employees about what the hotel has to offer, in detail. The managers also need to make sure all the employee are doing their job well.
Other advantages to this are that this enables Cameron Balloons to spread the costs of purchasing the materials over a large number of input units and also to purchase the materials in advance avoiding any price increases that may occur in the near future.
According to consultants in the case study, “We have found the output and also the input quality control inadequate and ineffective, substandard raw materials have been accepted from suppliers on fourteen occasions have repeatedly gone bad while in storage, inadequate supply of some items has either stopped or slowed down production, the morale among production workers is found to be very low.” The team leader is not performing his job well. The employees are being nonchalant at work which is destroying company’s image. As a result, the company will lose its business.
Albatross Anchor has a lack of flexibility in order fulfillment partially due to several factors, many of which have been previously addressed that include the layout of the factory, outdated equipment, and the lack of dedicated production lines to name a few. These issues do not allow the company to take full advantage of the benefits of mass manufacturing such as bulk pricing for raw materials, and the ability to produce more by expanding the schedule of the production floor. Currently if the schedule were expanded a great deal of that time would be utilized in changing over the single production line in order to change products being
There are many issues of concern surrounding the overall operation of the business raised in the Case Study, and when combined, they seriously impede its effective operation. There is a lack of leadership at the top of the organisation especially in regards to communication and the absence of middle management personnel in the coordination of the business. The HRM strategy also appears flawed particularly in the aspects of work design, pay and rewards, employee voice and performance management. ARISE have a low cost workforce model, but deliver a high-end product within a luxurious setting. This appears disjointed and not well planned. The business model is also questionable