Ashmark Corporation

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Table of Contents        

Key Facts about the Organizations        3

Problem Recognition        4

Situational Analysis        4

SWOT Analysis        4

Porter’s Five Force Analysis        4

VRIO Analysis        5

Problem Statement        5

Keys Issues        5

Actions taken by Ashmark immediately after the bankruptcy        6

Recommended Alternatives        8

Recommendation        9

Reference        12

Appendix        13

Appendix A: SWOT Analysis        13

Appendix B: Porter’s FIVE Forces        14

Appendix C: VRIO Analysis        15

Appendix D: Key Issues        16

Appendix E: Actions taken by Ashmark after bankruptcy.        18

Appendix F: Recommended Alternative        19

Appendix G: Kotter’s 8 Steps Model.        20

Appendix H: Dashboard for reference.        22

Appendix I: Scorecard for reference        23

Table of Figure

Figure 1: SWOT Analysis        13

Figure 2: Porter’s Five Forces        14

Figure 3: VIRO Analysis        15

Figure 4: Sample of Dashboard        22

Figure 5: Supplier scorecard with metrics        23

Figure 5.1: Sample of Scorecard        23

Table

Table 1: Organization Description        3

Table 2: Pros and Cons of Vigorous management to maximize their output        6

Table 3: Pros and Cons of Analyzed and renewed supplier qualification process        7

Table 4: Pros and Cons of Sourcing new suppliers and duplicating high volume tooling for production at another source.        7

Table 5: Pros and Cons of Recruit more experienced workforce.        8

Table 6: Pros and Cons of Reduce communication gap.        8

Table 7: Pros and Cons of Standard Supplier Evaluation process.        9

Table 8: Pros and Cons of Multi-sourcing.        9

Key Facts about the Organizations

This case study talks about two suppliers Askmark and Red Star.

Table 1: Organization Description