{"id":907,"date":"2018-05-22T01:55:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T01:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoe.zatz.us\/?page_id=907"},"modified":"2018-05-22T01:55:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T01:55:32","slug":"saline-salt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zoe.zatz.us\/index.php\/undergraduate-work\/spring-2016\/introduction-to-management\/saline-salt\/","title":{"rendered":"Saline Salt"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was the first case writeup I ever did.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Question: What are Lawrence and Stephen\u2019s biggest<\/u> problems?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Answers:<\/strong> Lawrence and Stephens\u2019 biggest problems were their dependence on Silver Salt Granulating Company and not producing enough salt.<\/p>\n

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Supporting Case Observations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Dependence on Silver Salt Granulating Company\n
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    1. Source of dependence (p. 2, \u00b6 3)[1]<\/a>:\n
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      1. Silver Salt bought first batch of salt, offered to buy all salt production<\/li>\n
      2. Lawrence and Stephens accepted<\/li>\n
      3. Only one buyer; became dependent on this single buyer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      4. Silver Salt is middle man; they refine and sell the salt (p. 2, \u00b6 3):\n
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        1. Saline Salt needs a middle man as they don\u2019t have the facilities needed to refine and sell the salt on their own. [2]<\/a><\/li>\n
        2. As the agriculture system changes, there could be fewer middle men to sell salt[3]<\/a>; Saline Salt must keep the middle man they currently have in order to maintain sales.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        3. Not producing enough salt\n
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          1. Saline Salt pans only produce about 3220 tons of salt a month (p. 2, \u00b6 2)<\/li>\n
          2. Sea salt production varies widely due to changes in wind speed; production can change from year to year (Grini et al., p. 13, \u00b6 3)<\/li>\n
          3. Solar evaporation method takes a long time and is inefficient\n
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            1. Takes a month for a pan to create 805 tons of salt (p. 2, \u00b6 2)<\/li>\n
            2. Requires large amounts of land, land is expensive to buy more of<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            3. Labor costs more than it used to; minimum wage rising[4]<\/a>\n
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              1. Spending more money on labor<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                Weakness of position:<\/strong><\/p>\n