The Day The Tractor Came Analysis

2014 STUDENT C ASE C OMPETITION The Student Case Competition is sponsored annually by IMA® to provide an opportunity for students to interpret, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and communicate a solution to a management accounting problem. Starfire’s Dilemma Capacity at What Cost? By Thomas L. Albright, CPA; Paul E. Juras, CMA, CPA; and Russ Elrod F ounded in 1968 by Alan James, Starfire Trucking Company has grown into a sizeable operation with 90 trucks and 180 trailers. Recently

attributed to the light crawler tractor market with over 50% market share. It was at that time Deere earned a reputation for manufacturing reliable small tractor equipment. Deere evolved into producing and manufacturing the larger industrial equipment in phases, beginning in small forestry operations. As farmers and smaller operators sought to diversify their businesses, Deere offered newly innovative attachments and crawlers, and was now seeking to integrate into the large tractor market in phase five.

Customer Relation Analysis During my sales visit, I met with Garret Johns who is a Salesman and an Integrated Solutions Consultant for PK Equipment in Enid, Oklahoma. As soon as I arrived, we went straight to work. I stepped out of the truck and he asks me to follow him to the storage yard across the street, I met his coworkers who were trying to hook up a Parker Seed Chariot. The trailer hitch didn’t want to go on the ball and get hooked up in the right way. I knew this task was right up my alley

Abstract: This case is about the design of Ford Pinto specifically the gas tank that was in a dangerous place that would ignite the car in a rear-end collision. The problem is that Ford used a cost-benefit analysis not to upgrade the fuel system even if it lead to more deaths. This decision by Ford led to many controversial issuses that relates to safety, risk, and conflict of interest decisions. Introduction: The Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as Ford) is an American multinational

steam. Evans was the first American who obtained a patent for "a self-propelled carriage." He, in fact, attempted to create a two-in-one combination of a steam wagon and a flat-bottomed boat, which didn 't receive any attention in those days. During the 1830 's, the steam vehicle had made great advances. But stiff competition from railway companies and crude legislations in Britain forced the poor steam vehicle gradually out of use on roads. The early steam-powered vehicles

High growth in Indian automotive, power and engineering is creating new opportunities for lubricant manufacturer. The report gives an analysis of lubricant markets in India. It also highlights the different market players and their market share. It also covers the market size and structure, major player and market share of their products. The report gives analysis of both automotive as well as industrial lubricant market. Market Segmentation The lubricant industry can be

Egypt declaring it an independent sovereign Islamic state with Arabic as its language the ancient Egyptians believed in many different gods and goddesses each controlling a different part of everyday life The god khepri appeared as a dung beetle each day and slowly rolled the sun across the sky because gods could interfere in people’s lives the ancient Egyptians prayed to them and gave them gifts to keep them happy Egyptian religious beliefs and practices were closely integrated into Egyptian society

implementation of process improving Lean Manufacturing methodologies especially Value Stream Mapping (VSM) in a auto-part manufacturer located in outskirts of Ludhiana, Punjab, India which has 300 employees and 0.33 million dollar annual turnover. Now a days with ever increasing competition it has become Herculean task for industries to manufacture wide range of products with world class quality atminimum wastage of resources.The Lion’s share part of research has been done on application of Lean Manufacturing

long, but very informative. Edited Transcript My other grandfather had a tractor that we plowed with and did farm chores with. He also had electricity and phone. We still lugged water from the well! I learned to drive a vehicle when I was old enough to reach the pedals and we would ride around the fields in the pick up truck. Most roads were dirt back then and those that were “tarred” were rough! I sometimes miss those days. We did not have televisions until I was five years old and it only had a

Jim Riley published study notes about value chain analysis and he teaches that value chain analysis describes the activities that take place in a business and relates these activities to an analysis of the competitive strength of the business. This paper includes comparing and contrasting two articles. The first article is “The 7 Steps of Software Development Case Study-Chapter 1” but the second one is “Value Chain Analysis” by Jim Riley. Also, these two articles will be applied to the company Pep