Tide detergent

Tide detergent

Q1) identify labor, manufacturing overhead and sources of raw material

Total labor force of the company does not comprise of other individual like (cops, interns, and employees of joint ventures), meanwhile, extensive information can be gathered regarding discontinued employees from company database (Chesbrough, 2012)... The total numbers of labor that are currently working with the company are 126000 a slight decrease from preceding years as in 2011 total number of employees were 129000.

Sources of raw material

Company used to purchase its entire raw material from different well-known and respectable suppliers (P & G, 2012). The company is known for manufacturing raw material which mainly comprises of chemical that is used in the production process. In addition to this raw material, natural gases are not only an integral part of company production process but they are extensively used in the effective distribution of raw material to factories and finished products to customers.

On the other hand, company has set standard prices for its raw material distribution and products, however, these prices can fluctuate depending on the market condition and economic fluctuation. On the other, company is not authorized to pass the exact reason of the price change of its commodities to its consumers but if there is any drastic of sublime change then we might inform customer prior to taking a decision.

Manufacturing overhead

Tide manufacturing overhead comprises of its marketing cost, income tax cost, research and development cost, repair and maintenance cost, and others.

Q2) Identify tide location and supply chain

Tide is one of most popular and widely appreciated product of Procter and Gamble a well known American company whose headquarters is situated in Ohio State of USA, and has able to expand its vast product line across the globe mainly because of quality leadership and innovative strategy.

Supply chain

Supply chain process of Tide detergent ...