Byte Products Not Meeting Consumer Demands

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Years ago the base that I was assigned to, and currently still reside at, was on the base realignment and closures (BRAC) list. A few very wealth men saw the impact this would be on the city and poured a ridiculous amount of money into the base to see that it would not shut down. This situation would be very similar to what Byte Products would do to Plainville if it didn’t tell its employees the plant was only temporary. It was said that when a base was closed “Retail, finance, and services all show significant effects. The longer-run trends demonstrate an increasing divergence in total employ- ment after 2000, with statistically significantly lower personal income” (Sorenson & Stenberg, 2015)” The effect on the community was be devastating, just as it was when the plant closed it doors 8 years ago.

lV. Recommendations

My recommendations is that the company conduct a focused forecast-based planning make sure everything is covered in this course of building a new plant. I feel that a new plant needs to be built as soon as possible. A temporary plant is in despite need, but I feel the Plainville site is a no go. Why waste money in training a plant full of people just to let them go. By time they become efficient it will be time to start closing the plant. The temporary plant needs to be in close proximity to the new plants location. This way when the new plant is built, the already trained staff can transition with a minimal lost to production.

V. Alternative Recommendations

In concerning the BRAC listing, it was shown that community grown slowed down by 25% due to the base closing. This is a major impact. Maybe a temporary plant is not the best idea for Byte Products. Through the focused forecast-based planning a possible reexamine of its current plants to push production further is a possible choice.

Vl. Conclusion

Overall the Byte Products should have seen this coming for years now and has put themselves in a bad place. There current production plants can’t handle the demand and new manufacturing needs to come into play. It will take three years to build a new plant and in the mean time a temporary solution needs to be made in order to keep the industry lead. Moral situations arise in regards to opening a plant in Painesville and not telling employees its three-year operation.

Reference:

Sorenson, D., & Stenberg, P. (2015). The Effect of Military Base Closures on Rural County Economies: An Evaluation of the 1988–1995 Rounds of Cuts. Military Base Closure, 168-187. doi:10.1007/s11294-015-9519-y

Wheelen, Thomas L., J. David Hunger, Alan N. Hoffman, and Charles E. Bamford. Strategic Management and Business Policy: Globalization, Innovation, and Sustainability. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.