The Oven-Hour Trade-Off
profitability
India-specific
Set in India; the figures and context are India’s.What this case is about
Your client is Forgeline Industries, a mid-sized Indian manufacturer of industrial appliances. Industry demand is stable, but the company’s profits have declined steadily over the past four quarters. The leadership wants you to diagnose the issue and recommend a way forward.
Objective
Establish whether the decline is driven by revenue or cost, identify the effect of the shared oven constraint on the product mix, and recommend actions that improve contribution while respecting demand and contractual constraints.
Skills this case tests
Structuring the problem
Working the numbers
Judgement and recommendation
Reading the data
This is an interview practice scenario. Figures in the brief are case inputs, not current market research.