Brazil begins reducing its tariffs on imports, Microlite SA, the country's largest manufacturer of dry batteries, faces become competitive at the international level. This consolidation of production of zinc-carbon batteries in the north-east of the plant, representing an opportunity to replace their vehicles with automated batch build an assembly line for its size AA products.
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by Ann E. Gray Source: Harvard Business School 13 pages. Publication Date: October 19, 1993. Prod. #: 694055-HCB-ENG
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