Case

LEADER CYCLES

James A Erskine, Arif I Rana, Syed Zahoor Hassan

INDUSTRY :BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES

AREA :PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

ORGANIZATION :-

LENGTH :15

LUMS No :03-344-90-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 1990

ABSTRACT:

The case deals with a light engineering manufacturing concern that was in the process of being streamlined. The company had become bankrupt some years back and was acquisitioned by a major engineering concern. It lacked established systems and procedures, and so Ijaz Ali, a close associate of the Managing Director was sent in as a troubleshooter. One of the immediate problems was a very high Finished Goods Inventory. The issues to be tackled included inventory control, production planning (scheduling), and materials requirement planning.