Publications
Publications
- December 1997
- HBS Case Collection
Wriston Manufacturing Corporation
Abstract
Wriston Manufacturing is a broad-line maker of components for the automotive industry. It has developed a network of nine plants as its product line has grown. Newer, higher-volume products tend to be made in newer, focused, high-volume plants, while older product lines tend to be assigned to the Detroit plant, the oldest one in the system. Because Detroit produces such a wide variety of products, its overhead costs are very high. Management needs to decide whether to close the Detroit plant or find a way to make it profitable. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
Keywords
Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost Management; Business or Company Management; Production; Performance Efficiency; Auto Industry
Citation
Hammond, Janice H. "Wriston Manufacturing Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 698-049, December 1997.