Werde aktiv in unserer Community aus über 448.000 Gleichgesinnten!

Verabrede dich zum Casen über das Meeting-Board, nimm an Diskussionen in unserem Consulting Q&A teil und finde gleichgesinnte Case-Partner, um dich auszutauschen und gemeinsam zu üben!

calculate cost for transportation and stock-keeping?

Bain case: Asian lubricants producer
Neue Antwort am 24. Sept. 2021
2 Antworten
916 Views
Janet fragte am 23. Sept. 2021

Hi everyone, 

I went through this case yesterday as an interviewer. I found confusing that “calculate costs for transportation and stock-keeping” is mentioned in the main conclusion about production. Does anyone know how to do this calculation because I don't seem to find the relevant numbers everywhere? Or did I miss some critical information? 

Thank you!

 

Übersicht der Antworten

Upvotes
  • Upvotes
  • Datum aufsteigend
  • Datum absteigend
Beste Antwort
Luca
Experte
Content Creator
antwortete am 23. Sept. 2021
BCG |NASA | SDA Bocconi & Cattolica partner | GMAT expert 780/800 score | 200+ students coached

Hello Xiaoyun,

I agree with you on this.
You don't have quantitative data to support that suggestion even if it's reasonable to make the assumption that transportation and stock-keeping cost are extremely significant for this industry.

You can find an hint on stock-keeping cost influenced by production strategy on the previous section:

In this case, they can, on the other hand, only react very slowly to local fluctuations in demand in Turkey or they need to have large stocks.

 

Hope it helps,

Luca

War diese Antwort hilfreich?
Janet am 24. Sept. 2021

Thank you Luca for your comment! I think that is a good way to interpret this confusion. I took the word "calculate" too literally :)

Ian
Experte
Content Creator
antwortete am 24. Sept. 2021
#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate

Hi Xiaoyun,

To be honest, I'm a bit confused myself (at least you have company!).

I *think* that you're not required to calculate these costs. Rather, the case is just saying “when we calculate costs in the future”.

That's because the transport/stock-keeping costs are only raised at the end of the case:

"III. Strategy

Here the interviewee should set up a possible strategy for the market in Turkey. The 5 classic dimensions of a how-to-win strategy should be addressed:"

War diese Antwort hilfreich?
Janet am 24. Sept. 2021

Thank you for sharing your insight! I agree with you that this would be a reasonable way to solve it :)

Wie wahrscheinlich ist es, dass du uns einem Freund oder Kommilitonen empfiehlst?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
0 = Nicht wahrscheinlich
10 = Sehr wahrscheinlich