The Scotts Company: Note to the (A) case: what happened in 2000-2003
Van Wassenhove, L. Slagmulder, Regine Mortensen, Nikolaj
Van Wassenhove, L.
Slagmulder, Regine
Mortensen, Nikolaj
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This supplement is to accompany the case. Case (A) describes how a major player in the agricultural chemicals industry struggles to transform a fragmented group of newly acquired businesses into an integrated supply chain. The case highlights the firm's operational and organizational problems from the perspective of the European supply chain manager, whose primary objective is to streamline operations and cut costs.