A-CAT

Case Solution for Decision-making at A-Cat Corp.
Complete Case details are given below :
Case Name :      Decision-making at A-Cat Corp.
Authors :           Jitendra R. Sharma
Source :             Ivey Publishing
Case ID :            W11179
Discipline :        Operations Management
Case Length :    05 pages
Solution Sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
The case describes the situation faced by the vice-president of A-CAT Corp. The company was a mid-sized manufacturer and distributor of domestic electrical appliances, largely catering to the price sensitive rural population. The firm operated two medium-sized facilities in one of the remote districts in Vidarbha. A-CAT’s manufacturing units had been in operation since 1986. A-CAT manufactured a wide range of electrical appliances including TV signal boosters, transformers, FM radio kits, electronic ballasts, battery chargers and voltage regulators. The focus was on their flagship product, the VR500 voltage regulator. The challenge was to select suppliers without offending the stakeholders involved in the process. The core issue was to come to a correct decision — one that best suited company needs. The plan set by the team was to identify potential suppliers/vendors with their attendant strengths and weaknesses and to do so in a well-documented and structured manner.
 
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Case Solution for Material Requirements Planning at A-Cat Corp.
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Case Name :      Material Requirements Planning at A-Cat Corp.
Authors :           Jitendra R. Sharma, Tinu Agrawal
Source :             Ivey Publishing
Case ID :            W12868
Discipline :        Operations Management
Case Length :    05 pages
Solution Sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
Material requirements planning (MRP) systems have been widely used by manufacturing firms to maintain an optimum flow of inputs for best production results. By using an MRP system, a firm can prepare a production plan that specifies the number of sub-assemblies that go into the final products along with the exact timeline of an order, from placement to completion. This case analyzes how Sunita Menon’s adoption of an MRP system at A-CAT Corp. (A-CAT) has improved the production-planning process. To make one unit of A-CAT’s main product, P0110, requires two P0X units and two P0Y units; in addition, each P0X unit needs two types of subparts: four P1X1 units and three P1X2 units. The case examines the intricacies of procurement, warehousing and processing costs of various material components by critically evaluating different techniques in practice. Using situational scenarios, the case presents lot-sizing techniques – including lot for lot, economic order quantity, least total cost and least unit cost – for balancing costs such as set-up costs, ordering costs and inventory-holding costs.
 
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Case Solution for A-CAT Corp.: Forecasting
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Case Name :      A-CAT Corp.: Forecasting
Authors :           Jitendra R. Sharma
Source :             Ivey Publishing
Case ID :            W13377
Discipline :        Operations Management
Case Length :    04 pages
Solution Sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
A-CAT Corp., a company that produces domestic electrical appliances in a poor region of India, largely caters to the price-sensitive rural market. During the past several months, there has been an alarming dip in sales of its major product, a voltage regulator that is used for varied purposes but most commonly as a protective device for refrigerators and television sets, to protect the latter from the vagaries of load fluctuations and/or frequent power failures, which are a very common phenomenon in the region. At the same time, the production department has been complaining about shortages of spares and components. Placing orders beyond a certain limit for the vital transformers used in most of its products has also stretched the system – whereas the company previously had access to four suppliers of transformers, now there is only one. The vice president has asked the chief operations manager to look into the problem. The operations manager traces the production planning process and its reliance on accurate forecasts. The manager’s job is to collect the data, analyze the data patterns, use forecasting methods, carry out back-testing and submit recommendations to management to solve the problem.
 
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Case Solution for A-CAT Corp. – Bang for the Bucks
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Case Name :      A-CAT Corp. – Bang for the Bucks
Authors :           Jitendra R. Sharma
Source :             Ivey Publishing
Case ID :            909D06
Discipline :        General Management
Case Length :    07 pages
Solution Sample availability : YES
Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)
Description for case is given below :
The case describes the situation facing the vice-president of A-CAT Corp. (A-CAT), Vidarbha Region, Maharashtra. A-CAT manufactured a relatively wide range of electrical appliances for household use. Typical products from its product line included TV signal boosters, transformers, FM radio kits, electronic ballasts, battery chargers and voltage regulators. The voltage regulators manufactured by A-CAT were used for many different purposes; however, the focus was on its flag-ship product, VR500 – a voltage regulator of 500 VA. Over the last few months, this model had faced stiff competition and was not able to meet the rising expectations of the market. The management was concerned that a significant number of A-CAT’s customers were opting for competitors’ products. The case intends to 1) make students aware of the relationship between customer requirements and the technical characteristics of a product 2 ) make students grasp the basics of value analysis 3) teach the students to use value analysis in assessing the scope for cost reduction.
 
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