General Scanning, Inc was founded by Jean and Pierre Montague Brosens, two MIT engineers interested in developing innovative products based on early application of lasers. They invented their own technology for laser beam positioning and scanning products. General scan was organized shop engineering and production work - that is, they are built to order customized products. As it has grown in size and revenue, the company hadto review their company's goals. Wes Davis was hired as president of the charter to change the company from a producer of components for OEM-producers to end user systems builder. Davis had a few ideas on how to develop more reliable products, and he reorganized the company in two areas of the product: Optics and recorders. A few years later, however, profit is not significantly improved and the direction the company was unclear. "Hide
by H. Kent Bowen, Charles Tillen, Sean McClenaghan Source: Harvard Business School 21 pages. Publication Date: January 23, 1998. Prod. #: 698036-PDF-ENG
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