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Chewing gum
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Your client is a chewing gum manufacturer.
The CEO of the manufacturing company wants you to find out why his company is experiencing a declining profit margin. He then wants you to suggest ways to improve his company’s profit margin.
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How would you analyze whether vertical integration can reduce costs?
If our client merged with a competitor, our client could benefit from synergies and economies of scale. How would you analyze this idea?
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Since this is a candidate-led case, the candidate should drive the case from start to finish. The key to solving this case is realizing that the sales mix has changed and that different products have different product margins.