Management Control System its Case Study

Description
A management control system (MCS) is a system which gathers and uses information to evaluate the performance of different organizational resources like human, physical, financial and also the organization as a whole considering the organizational strategies.

A Case Study
Presented By: Samarjeet Parmar Dharmendra Khairajani Siddharth Purohit Parth Joshi Birju Shah

Flow of Presentation
Nucor
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TI & HP
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History Operations Strategy Organization Structure Human Resource Policies Compensation Information Systems Benefits Technology Future

History
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Nuclear corporation of America- A co. involved in nuclear instruments & electronics business. In 1972 it changed its name to Nucor corporation. Focus on making steel from recycled scrap metal and fabricating steel joists for nonresidential construction.

Operations
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Located its facilities in rural areas across U.S.A. By 1998 Nucor consisted of 9 businesses, with 25 plants.

Strategy
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Building steel manufacturing facilities economically and operating them productively. Continuous innovation, modern equipment, individualized customer service and producing at competitive prices. Debt Equity ratio was not allowed to exceed 30%.

What is their competitive advantage?
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Mini-Mills Large applicant pool to hire from because they are seen as an attractive place to work, allows them to be very selective for who they hire Have a willingness to take risks.

Organization Structure
Chairman/Vice Chairman/President Vice President/Plant General Manager Department Manager Supervisor

Human Resource Policies
Employee Relations Principles ? Manage to provide opportunity according to productivity ? Employee should have confidence ? Right to be treated fairly ? Avenue of appeal
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Compensation
Production Incentive Plan ? Paid weekly bonuses based on production
? Based on group not individual performance ? If tardiness or attendance kept team from meeting goals, then no one

received a bonus in the group

? If you are 5 minutes late, you lose your bonus for the day ? If you are 30 minutes late or absent, you lose your bonus for the week

? 4 forgiveness days ? Maintenance personnel were assigned to each team ? No bonus paid if equipment is not operating ? Supervisors were apart of bonus teams ? Received same bonus as employees ? Output and bonus info for each team was posted at the entrance

Compensation
Department Manager Incentive Plan ? Annual bonus received based on performance of the entire plant
? Based on return on assets ? A return of 25% or better was expected by the plant

Non-production and Non-department Manager Incentive Plan ? Bonus based on each plant’s return on assets
? Includes everyone not in previous 2 plans ? Every month each plant received a chart showing its return on assets on year-

to-date basis

? Posted in employee cafeteria

Senior Officers Incentive Plan ? Based on return on stockholder’s equity above certain minimum earnings
? If Nucor did poorly, then Senior Officers would only receive their base pay
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Senior Officers earned less than other industry executives

Information system - Weekly report Bids, orders, production, backlog, inventory, shipments - Monthly report sales revenues, costs, contribution, return on assets employed Meetings in February, May and November ? Benefits - Profit sharing below officer level - Monthly stock purchase plan - Nucor scholarship fund ? Technology - No external help for technology development - Mini mill concept - Scrap steel as raw material - SMS Schloemann-Siemag - Iron carbide plant - Nucor Yamato Blytheville Arkansas - National medal of Technology
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Texas Instruments & Hewlett-Packard
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Large, Standard markets based on long-run cost position. Enter early in a product’s life cycle, and stayed through maturity. Aggressive cost improvements, with equally aggressive price cuts.

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Selected small markets based on unique, high-value/high featured products. Create a new product and then replaced it when it matured. Cost improvements, but sought higher margins and held prices longer.

Texas Instruments & Hewlett-Packard
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More capital-intensive, costeffective production processes to match high-volume standard product needs. A balanced portfolio of businesses where mature, large business provide resources for young, highgrowth business. More Sales, more incentive compensation.

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Flexible production processes to match low-volume, more custom product needs. All high-growth, high margin businesses that met their own resource needs, largely on an individual basis. More Creativity, more incentive compensation.

Reference
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Management Control Systems
by Robert N Anthony & Vijay Govindarajan

Web Sites: www.ti.com www.hp.com www.nucor.com
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