analyse the ABC mckinsey $7$s framework analysis existing structure$-$

Production department of ABC company is divided into mainly four sections which

are production planning, dipping, knitting, and compounding section. Here, planning

section is doing production planning based on the sale orders and the supportive

conditions for glove dipping and glove knitting. Dipping section is executing the

production plan to dip rubber coating on knitted glove based on plant condition.

Knitting section is knitting the gloves based on production plan to give next process

of dipping. Finally, compounding section is preparing compounding which means

rubber coating for glove dipping process. In the compounding process, they are using

lots of chemicals and rubber latex based on approval of technical department$$s process

control section.

Research and development department is a one of the core functional department of

ABC company. Mainly, it has two sections which are research section and

development section. Here, t

horizontal communications structure among process control section $($part of technical

department$),$ compounding section $($part of production department$),$ and research

and development department. It can be led to discord among the employees and

strategic failure terms of collaboration, coordination and control. Because,

compounding section is a pure basic science$-$based section but it is attached with

unrelated production department instead of related technical department.

Furthermore, most of the testing and control parts are doing in compounding section

by process control section. The current organizational structure of ABC company had

been created two years ago. In that period, compounding section was merged with

production department from technical department due to job rotation of technical

manager who became as production manager. After onwards, so many problems are

created that lead to failure of performance of company and employees. Some of the

practical issues are provided here as evidence to strengthen the argument:

$$ There is lots of rubber latex compound wastage due to lack of material handling

skills in the compounding section. But even technical department has plenty of

experts in field of rubber latex compound; compounding section is not asking

any recommendation or technical support from technical department due to

poor horizontal communication among them.

$$ There is around $100$ metric ton natural rubber old compounds, $25$ metric ton

nitrile rubber old compounds, and $10$ metric ton neoprene rubber old

compounds are cumulated within one year period due poor material

preparation and lack of planning skills.

$$ Compounding section has KPI to reuse the old compound stock within this

year. Due to this reason, they are blending excess amount of old compound

with new compound to send dipping plant without doing any previous

research on the blending ratio or without informing to technical department

$($process section$).$ It leads to so many process related issues, and then unloaded

from the plant and send back to compounding section. These kinds of activities

are continuously on going on the shop floor for last two years.

$$ For last few months, some of the dipping plants have touched around $10\%$

rejections and $40\%$ reworks due to compound property variations. It leads to

accumulation of WIP, production re$-$scheduling, shipment delay, and poor

product quality meanwhile process control section is getting huge pressure

from top management to control these issues.

$$ Research and development department has done some plant trials without

informing to process control section and without formal documentation with

collaboration with compounding section. It leads to unwanted plant down

time, rejects, and rework in the plant meanwhile creating grievance among

process control section, compounding section, and R&D department. It may

lead to unwanted workplace violence in the future.

Therefore, above evidences are clearly show that there are some strategic failures in

the organizational structure design and implementation in terms of communication,

collaboration, coordination and control