Teng, Dale Gabriel C.

MKA31

1) State the main problem of Cristina Andres as supervisor of the company.

First of all as a supervisor of the company, Cristina Andres should have to consider the pregnancy of her
employee. I think the problem here is not letting her employee to file a maternity leave and keeping a
privilege to her pregnant employee, because the assigned job requires physical exertion which is
unlawful for her to do.

2) State the different areas of consideration following the SWOT matrix:

Strengths of the company :

Vertical integration
Integrated product offer
Wide range of products
Wide geographic spread
Established export business
Strong skill base
Good assets
Size and market share
Proven ability to improve

Weaknesses of the company:

Low service levels
Weak customer relations
High fixed-cost base
Slow to respond to market
Management skills
Internally focused
Under-utilizing assets
Industrial relations
Disparate systems



Opportunities:

Improved planning systems
Customer service excellence
Lower working capital
Cost rationalization
New business in service
Exploit competitor weaknesses
Environmentally positive products
New products development
New technology

Threats:

Irrational competitor pricing
Competitor speed
Supplier power
Cyclic behavior of industry
Complacency in the upturn
Losing key people
Losing access to resources
Competitive products
Shrinking global market

3) Give your proposed solutions/alternative courses of action or ACA(minimum of three) to help
Cristina Andres overcome this problem. State also the advantages and disadvantages of each.

a) Based on my assessment, an alternative course would be taking a good control of quality
management that will help and satisfy employees who are pregnant, with disability and the
seniors.
b) Considering and scheduling different time clusters so that workers have a proper
replacement. Planning manufacturing activities, delivery schedules, and purchasing activities
to enhance efficiency and increase productivity.
c) Any health insurance provided by an employer must cover expenses for pregnancy-related
conditions on the same basis as costs for other medical conditions. It must hold an open job
for a pregnancy-related absence the same length of time jobs are held open for employees
on sick or disability leave and must be permitted to work as long as they are able to perform
their jobs.




4) State your recommendation based on your ACA.

Given that this study provides a basis for concluding irrational benefit for pregnant employees
based on this case would document decisions regarding their relatively current conditions.

5) Provide a conclusion/detailed action plant to implement your recommendation using the guide
below.
Specific Activity Person Responsible Time Frame Budgetary
Requirements
Production Operator Employee #1 (Ching) March 7 2014 at
10:00am to 5:00pm
until April 4 2014 at
10:00am to 5:00pm
Equipment
Materials
Printing
Manufacturing
Operator
Employee #2 March 7 2014 at
2:30pm to 7:00pm until
present
Supplies
Materials
Machine