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Automobile Replacement Parts Company
By combining the materials into a single diagram it is possible to
present the material in such a way that new interpretations can be
drawn from it. For example, the combined diagrams above allow a
juxtaposition of the critical events, growth in centers, and share price
movement to be examined and the relationships to be explored.
Between 2004-2016 the number of centres were doubled the result was
a loss of managerial control and performance. This impacted on the
share price which dropped dramatically. The solution was the disposal
of some of the centres and the introduction of computerisation to gain
control of the situation once more.
No of Centers: Automobile Replacement Parts Company
In the early years the company experienced steady growth however, the financial crisis
of 2007 changed the company landscape.
Automobile repairs are distress products and where people and firms will put off
buying a new vehicle they will nevertheless resort to repairing existing ones.
The doubling of number of centers would suggest that the organisation has acquired a
competitor and may well have cherrypicked its centers.
Shareprice
