Case 1. ALMA ELECTRONICS: I'll Dream of You
Case 1. ALMA ELECTRONICS: I'll Dream of You
Case 1. ALMA ELECTRONICS: I'll Dream of You
ALMA ELECTRONICS: I'll Dream of You Chan's business picked up until he was able to establish
Mr. Andy Mallari opened a small shop selling tran- his own factory.
sistor radios in 1979. His store was located at one corner Mr. Mallari thinks that he can follow the footsteps
(General Luna St.) of the entire stretch of Burgos Avenue, of his friend. As he is already 47 years old and his oldest
the main thoroughfare of Cabanatuan City. child is about ready to enter college, he thinks this is the
The demand for electronic parts made him carry a best time for him to consider sending his son to an
wide assortment of parts that are used in the assembly engineering school. His decision will center on which school
and maintenance of radios, tape recorders, amplifiers, and and which engineering course. He feels that his children
various related appliances. are keenly interested in whatever career he will ask them
to take.
By 1990, Mr. Mallari was able to save enough money
for the purchase of a 300 square meter lot along Del Pilar Mr. Mallari has three sons, all belonging to the top
Street. He constructed a 10 meters x 15 meters two-storey ten in their respective classes. He thinks all three have
building on the lot. The ground floor is used as his store the potential to help him realize his dream of establishing
where sales are made to customers which grew in number his own assembly plant. His immediate concern now is
month after month. The second floor is used as his to identify the right college courses for his children.
residence.
Mr. Mallari thinks that he can duplicate his feat in
the other big towns of San Jose City, Gapan, and G'uimba.
He has already started operating his stores in those towns
and sales are already picking up. His current operations
cover sales and repair. There are five salesladies in
Cabanatuan attending to the various needs of the
customers. Those who bring their appliances for repair
are served by one of the six technicians. The parts used
come from the stocks maintained at the store.
Those who purchase parts from the store consist of
technicians from the various towns of Nueva Ecija.
Sometimes, the technicians send somebody to do the
purchasing of parts.
Mr. Mallari's perspective has changed drastically
after he met his former classmate Estelito Chan in a
class reunion at Araullo University. Mr. Chan has a
well-established appliance assembly plant in Manila.
He indicated that he did not start big but rather as a
subcontractor for a large assembly plant. Slowly, Mr.
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