Capacity Change Case #1

Portugal Cement Maker CIMPOR to Add Capacity

Case Type: add capacity, business expansion.
Consulting Firm: Accenture first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: Building Materials; Manufacturing.
Case Interview Questions #00033: Your consulting firm has been retain by the CEO of CIMPOR (Cimentos de Portugal, Euronext: CPR), the number one producer of cement in Portugal. The company is mainly involved in manufacturing and marketing cement, hydraulic lime, concrete and aggregates, precast concrete and dry mortars.
The client currently has 45% of the Portuguese market, and feels it could have more, but is already running at 100% capacity of their major plant, located near Lisbon, in Southern Portugal. The CEO of CIMPOR has asked you to help him decide if they should build another plant or expand the capacity of current plant. How would proceed to gather information? And what recommendation would you give him?

Declining Market Valuation #1

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Fluor Corporation to Eliminate 750 Engineer Positions

Case Type: reduce costs.
Consulting Firm: Booz & Company first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: engineering & construction.
Case Interview Question #00532: The client Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a large publicly owned engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance (EPC / M) services organization. Based in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas, the company employs more than 41,000 international employees and maintains offices in over 25 countries. Fluor is a Fortune 500 and a S&P 500 company.
The company’s main business is to build large refineries and large industrial plants. They are global in nature and operate in four main regions. This company is a recent roll-up of three smaller companies that operate independently. They have $1 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2008. Recently, however, Fluor has seen their market valuation drop sharply. You have been hired to find out the reasons behind Fluor’s declining market valuation. How would you go about it?