ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

CASE STUDY
BITS AND PIECES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION:
Little Things Mean a Lot

I. Viewpoint as the engineer manager

Growing company is an evidence that the efforts of the people in it are successfully
paying off. The progress of my company as a manager should be maintain because that
is the goal of a business. We must provide or consider the different factors that will
cause a progressive success to maintain what we started. The qualified people must be
placed on proper positions to manage the jobs that could influence on the success of
the company and as an engineer manager, decision making is such a big factor to
provide what the company needs to strengthen its foundation and future.

II. Time Content

It only takes four years for BPIC to have a certificate of incorporation approved by
Securities and Exchange Commission since it was started because of its success and
growth. The problem arises when the management predict the company’s market
potential and the addition of tissue holder to their existing line of products.

III. Definition of the Problem

1. The company must think about making the sales force to succeed even if additional
product is been added to their list.
2. The most effective organizational structure should be determine in order for them
to handle the additional jobs in line with the rapid growth or expansion of the BPIC.
3. The way on how to distribute the division of labor after hiring additional employees
and regrouping the current organization chart.

IV. Objectives
1. To determine if the proposed organization chart will be effective in line with the
expansion of the company.
2. To fill the additional jobs because of the addition of tissue holder in the existing
line of products.
3. To adapt the new environment as for the expansion of the company because of the
expected market potential.
4. To raise on the meeting the best solutions accumulated by Engineer Severo
Lagayan.

V. Areas of Consideration
1. The addition of new product, the tissue holder as expected that it will create
opportunity to the company with its expansion which means additional workload
to the company.
2. The effectiveness of the proposed organization chart that will match the continuous
progression of the company.
3. The company’s market potential as it was the main reason of the expansion of the
company.
 4. The sales force of the company because it was identified as one of the weaknesses
to be address.
VI. Alternative courses of Action
1. The company should hire the additional manpower in the manufacturing
department due to the expansion of the Bits and Pieces International Corporation.
Advantage: The demand on the increasing works on the company because
of the expansion will be fulfilled. The addition of the tissue holder on the
current production will surely result in the distribution of new jobs but the
profit margin will surely increase.
Disadvantage: Additional workers means additional employee to be handle
and it will surely increase the budget in payroll.
2. Proper staffing should be observe on the new organization chart knowing that the
company is growing bigger due to company’s market potential.
Advantage: Bits and Pieces International Corporation will handle the
company even better because of the proper strategy that been made. The
people in each position will utilize their potential to manage the company
even if tons of product will introduce in the production line.
Disadvantage: Too much focusing on the proposed organization chart can
disregard the smaller things in the company like production and manpower
and failure in staffing will mess up the whole company.

VII. Recommendation
The company should do the second option. If the company have the qualified person
on the new organization chart with vacant positions, there is no worry on the
performance of this managers or leaders in terms of handling the people in their
jurisdiction. Careful selection of this staff is a must because it will define the future of
the company. It is true that expansion of the company requires new facility, land,
personnel, or machineries but it will not work if not qualified person on position will
handle it all. The best person who will monitor these aspects will surely increase the
production capacity and profit margin if the company.

VIII. Action Plan

Activities Persons Involve Time Table
1.Conduct an election or The staffs of the company. 1st quarter of the year
assembly to talk and assign the
qualified people in the new
organization chart.
2. Hire additional manpower Applicants and the Human April of the current year
due to addition of new product. Resource Department.
3. Assign the new employees Newly hired workers, 3rd week of April
on their respective job. production and engineering
manager.
4. Complete the additional Engineer Severo Lagayan, 3rd quarter of the year
land, facility, and machineries employees
as planned.