Archive | Unsolved Cases

Unique Motors (India) Limited is the Mumbai-based dealer of BELCO. It is one of the pioneering dealers in vehicle-market and has been managed in a conservative style. It has been doing very well for the last 30 years, but with the dramatic change in the market-variables recently coming out, it is finding difficult to cope [...]

Mr. Sorabji is the General Manager (Production) at the Alfa Paste Company Ltd., based in Pune. His company produces pasting products like gums, adhesives, pastes etc. the company enjoys a good image in the market due to superior quality of its product. Last year, the company’s turnover was Rs. 120 crores, which is almost 40% [...]

The Employees Union of Metro Copper Limited is negotiating on wage revision and productivity improvement with the management. Employees complain that the company’s clerical staff are inefficient and unorganized in its overall functioning. It is also said that clerks do not understand the priorities of their superiors and do not communicate properly. The union is [...]

Mr. Ashok Sen is a class-I engineer, working for the last 25 years with Alchem Laboratories. Presently, he is a senior supervisor in the engineering department. He is to retire after 2 years and would then get all the retirement benefits from the company. His performance record has been excellent. Mr. Sen has got 2 [...]

Great Polyster Limited is the flagship company of the Great Group. Late Mr. Annasaheb Gawande floated this company in 1962. With rigorous efforts, honesty and innovative approach of Mr. Gawande and his son Srikant Gawande the company has grown. The company and its employees have been working as one family. Even a bottom level employee [...]

Mr. Patil, the Production Supervisor at the factory of Crystal Limited, is worried these days. He is under a lot of pressure from both, the management and the employees. The management has been bringing to notice that labour productivity and punctuality is deteriorating. Whereas the employees are not happy with the wage-package, working conditions and [...]

Bharat Vehicle Limited is a superstar company with an annual turnover of Rs. 8,000 crore. The company produces auto-rickshaws (sales – rs. 2,000 crore) and 2 wheelers (sales – rs.6,000 crore) and enjoys a 60% market share. It has got 40,000 employees (12,000 at the Pune plant, 24,000 at Jamshedpur plant and 4,000 at its [...]

Fab International Limited is a well-known company for electrical company for electrical and electronic products. It is the market leader for various electrical products and enjoys second position for electronic products. The company has realized that the 80-million, strong middle-class market of India now wants world-class products and after-sale services. These customers are now ready [...]

Mr. Pradeep Mehta, Production Manager of Asiatic Bearings Limited, has been thinking over cost-effective operations for his factory. Time and cost reduction are very essential for making the product competitive, more attractive, reasonably priced and suited to changing requirements. Mr. Mehta knows that his employees are very energetic and innovative. Therefore he started the system [...]

Bharat Great Furniture Limited is known for a good product range with superior quality and a premium price. It has been selling standardized products for the last 30 years, with a 70% market share. Now, the company has started facing acute competition from small and the unorganized sector. Competitors are now selling low utility and [...]