Operations

Hartwell Machinery: build the HX40 in India?

Hartwell Machinery, a $2.5B US machinery maker with a 10% net margin.

Should Hartwell move HX40 production to India?

Skills tested

• Structure
• Quantitative analysis
• Exhibits and insights
• Synthesis and communication

Concepts

• outsourcing and offshoring
• total landed cost
• productivity differences
• extrapolating a pilot
• sensitivity to labour costs
• break-even on a move