2 Cases Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

2 Cases Case Study Analysis

Response to the Downturn

Well-designed teams.

Additional Product

Solectron makes very well-designed team by studying the situation going around. The company plans a new structure of the cost and new design. The company’s good and trustworthy relationship with its clients plays a significant role and hence it is very easily recuperatedduring the time of downturn (Mark Goh, 2000).

Solectron manufactures different kind of products and services, and it mostly aims at satisfying its clients and tries to provide the best quality products. The company provides services and manufacturing, technological solutions, repairing and maintenance of their products and logistics. The company also possesses spacious warehouses. (Mark Goh, 2000).

Short term and Long-term

For the short-term, the company should try to keep its business stable and try to progress and maintain a trustworthy relationship with its clients and contractors. For the long-term; the company should upgrade its procedures so that it can provide the best quality to its clients. Also, good relations should be maintained. The company should focus on its competitive market, in order to make products with an increasingly improved quality. (Mark Goh, 2000)

Recommendations

The company should make plan to restructure itself by reducing its staff members and by close all the areas that are no longer needed. A team should be made to examine the price value at every Solectron site .The company should develop and restructure its goals and make appropriate plans, and it should monitor itsprogress as well. The company should emphasize on the development of morestrengthened customers based relationship. The company should keep on analyzing its plans and position them properly for the future success.

Case-2: Hewlett-Packard

Case Overview

Hewlett Packard was established in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, in one of the Californian garage. The company manufactured computer system and hardware.Itnot only provided services and consultation in computer system and hardware products, but also promoted and provided its partners’ products.

Problem Statement

The problem which was faced by Hewlett-Packard, was to meet the client’s needs and the basic problem existed between marketing and its operations, and supply chain wanted less features, less forecast less inventory and reduced number of problems to manage.

Critical Analysis

Uncertainty

The company had the uncertainty regarding how to correct the inventory, because it failed to have its inventory kept at proper places, and hence, had to rent warehouses to keep its inventory in the proper shape. Some of the products were also out of stock, making the condition more uncertain.(Carver, 2019)

Different Localization

Many different localizationoption made it very difficult for the company to manage its inventory, which obliged the company to have an increased rate of production, in order to have defined inventory levels. The company’s stocked products and the demand of its customers was highly mismatched, due to which the company was notable to satisfy its customers’ demands. (Carver, 2019).

Long led time

Long lead time led to difficulty, because the company reduced the price of the inventory and began to manufacture more products to save the time. The company designed new products, and it was sure that the time taken to manufacture the electric supply is less, and by doing this; the company would be able to deliver its products in the market, on time.(Carver, 2019).

Uncertainty in the local market

Uncertainty in the market made it very difficult for the company to forecast, because of its inability to predict and forecast future demands of the products in geographical areas It was all because of the market situation, where the competition was always on rise and there were constant changes in technical modifications, which drastically changed the customers ‘demands.(Carver, 2019).

Maintaining cooperation between various departments

It became very difficult for the company to maintain cooperation between various departments of HP, because of the rise in the firm’s size and the market growth.(Carver, 2019). The company’s employees did not have much motivation and due to personal rewards the feeling of collegiality vanished and the motivation was not intrinsic. The trust level had diminished.(Carver, 2019).

Recommendations

The company should develop a team of experts to analyze the problem and to produce a logical procedure to evaluate its products and to create such tool that could prioritize the company’sexisting products. The company should develop an algorithm that could solve the problems,quickly .The company should design a tool that can make its’ customer support more effective and quick to respond....................................

 

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