Case Study Analysis Ideal Standard France: Pat Paterson

Ideal Standard France (ISF) has been in operation for 75 years, the two primary manufactured goods are heating products and sanitary china products. ISF has accounted for over one-third of the total sales and approximately one-half of heating business in Europe. Heating products make up approximately 90% of ISF's sales. Strengths, weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) American Standard invested $6 million at an ISF site in the form of new equipment and machinery, which expanded the capacity of …

…The final recommendation is to formulate a plan for a phased labor reduction; this will be in concert with factories consolidations (right sized facilities). The constraint with this recommendation would be any plan would have to include months of lead-time and accompanying funds for severance. There also may be a need for additional funds to compensate for deteriorating brand equity due to the potential social unpopularity for a company conducting lay offs and closing facilities.