Texas Eastman Co.
Synopsis
The company as part of a commitment to Total Quality Management has installed a computer system that accumulates 30,000 observations on its processes every 2-4 hours. Operating people have found the monthly summaries of financial performance not too useful in this environment. Recently a department manager has created a daily income statement for his operators. Case explores role for financial summary information in an environment where extensive, timely data on product processes and products already exist.
- Copyright:
- 1989 HBS
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- Publisher:
- Harvard Business Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 2016-08-03T04:01:30Z
- Language:
- English
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- This is a copyrighted book.