Cummins Engine Co. Launch of the diesel engine crankshaft at its plant in central Mexico. This operation requires much tighter tolerances than any of the products previously produced at the plant, and the young (recent MBA) manager, who is responsible for starting face a number of difficult decisions regarding the equipment to be used for processing of the crankshaft in Mexico. On the one hand, some of the equipment used for this purpose in the U.S. factory Cummins "is out of place in the Mexican context. On the other hand, it must operate within tight budget constraints and suppliers. Auxiliary matter related to the long-term strategy for the Mexican plant, which became one of the world's best network Cummins ยป, but risks being fragmented many opportunities to add products that are available to him." Hide
by Robert Hayes Source: Harvard Business School 16 pages. Publication Date: May 26, 1993. Prod. #: 693121-PDF-ENG
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