Anatomy of a turnaround

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General Marble staged a successful turnaround after its management realized that low-quality customer service, increasing inventories and inaccurate inventory audits are weakening the position of the company in its industry. Recognizing the need for an external change agent, management hired Coopers and Lybrand Consulting (CLC) to help in the formulation of an operations improvement plan. CLC introduced its Breakpoint Business Process Reengineering Methodology to determine how reengineering should be implemented in the bathroom countertop and vanity manufacturer. With the help of CLC, management formed teams to deal with general ledger consolidation and financial reporting; manufacturing systems; layout, methods, and pull signals; procurement; and total quality management. As a result, General Marble is profitable once again and is continuously improving its processes.

Wood kitchen cabinets, Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacturing, Cut stone and stone products, Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing, Wood Household Furniture, Wood Vanities & Cabinets NEC, Cut Marble Products, Case studies, Home furnishings industry, Reengineering (Management), Cut stone, Corporate turnarounds, Turnaround management, Household furniture, Marble, Wood cabinets, General Marble Co.

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At last, MAP's partners reach the comfort zone

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Contemporary furniture makers Christopher Connel and Raoul C. Hogg formed MAP, Merchants of Australian Products, with the financial help of three venture capitalists. They were forced to proceed alone because of the expense involved in designing molds for plastic furniture. Eventually they found success after a nightclub ordered 300 chairs, which they assembled themselves.

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, Furniture & Fixtures, Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing, Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing, Plastic Furniture, MAP

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A 19th-century romance

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After Robert O'Leary built a rustic gazebo for Marvin Davis in 1991, the two joined forces to found Romancing the Woods, a company that designs and builds 19th-century gazebos. The company expanded to other old-fashioned outdoor designs and made $170,000 in sales in 1995.

Wood Outdoor & Unpainted Furniture, Marketing, Company Profile, Outdoor furniture, Romancing the Woods

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