Introduction I Bosch Rexroth – engineering firm based in Lohr am Main in Germany I Founded: 1 May 2001 I Headquarters: Lohr am Main, Germany I Products: hydraulic, electric, linear and pneumatic systems and components

Problem statement 1. Necessary investment for each region 2. Production costs per valve housing for milling and drilling 1. Capacity and costs of the machines 2. Existing machines 3. Sales forecast Distribution of production

Proposals (1/2) I Strategy 1 When they’re valve housings missing in Europe we import first from America then from China. I Strategy 2 Own production Machine typeEuropeAmericaChina MC1(from 2010)20 FMC201 Machine typeEuropeAmericaChina MC020 FMC301

Proposals (2/2) I Strategy 3 When they’re valve housings missing in Europe we import from America. Machine typeEuropeAmericaAsia MC120 FMC201

Analysis of strategy 1

Analysis of strategy 2

Analysis of strategy 3

Investment costs

Production Costs

Solution Strategy 1Strategy 2 Strategy 3 Strategy 2 PRODUCTIVE COSTS AVALIABILITY OF THE PRODUCT INVESTMENT MONEY

Timeline Implementation of the solution Annual report 5 years sales forecast

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Back up slide 2 unit Forecast Europepieces/y Americapieces/y Chinapieces/y Strategy 1 capacity pieces/y condition capacity pieces/y 000 condition000 capacity pieces/y 000 condition000 Strategy 2 capacity pieces/y 0 condition capacity pieces/y condition capacity pieces/y condition Strategy 3 capacity pieces/y condition capacity pieces/y0 condition capacity pieces/y0 condition