The following report is intended to serve as a business case and a proposal to improve overall efficiency of the operations at Raw Material Yard. For the past few weeks, as part of my role as Raw Material In-Charge, I have been focusing on understanding the whole operating system of the plant and in order to gain an insight on all the operations, for one week, I have visited the plant in all the three shifts of the day. Today, I’m more dedicated and ambitious than ever towards my profession and hence in communicating the findings of my recent analysis pertaining to inefficiencies of the operations at Raw Material Yard.…
Your concrete floor market operate the crusher gear, which will most is actually sort crusher, Arena Sludge hammer Crusher, Increase Throw crusher, golf ball generator as well as other accessories because the concrete industry lots of garbage can be crisp resources. Therefore, the use parts of all these companies are significant crusher retracted, crusher blades, thank,crusher ship and so forth. Likewise your crusher spare parts producer is several, as well as wear-resistant pieces is also multifarious , nonetheless, the reliable manufacture just isn't completely.…
This is due to rising labor costs, electricity costs, freight costs, and even inventory costs. Labor costs in 2005 increased an average of 10% in China which could be highly significant if that rate continued for the next few years. Electricity costs are also estimated to increase by 20% over the next decade which is may still be a low estimate due to environmental regulation pressures. Freight costs are expected to be around $7 million a year after being offset by components already sourced by China and are expected to increase by 3% each year. Also, inventory costs will increase dramatically due to an increase in lead time which will definitely result in the turnover ratio of the company to…
The book sarts with a still mill-Thyssen Krupp in Dortmund, Germany. The steel mill once employed nearly ten thousand people, but it was closed later. At first, it was one of Germany's largest steel mills. However, a Chinese steel company bought the mill and dismantled it, shipped it, and reassembled the plant in a small town along the lower Yangtze River. They also bought the the technological of factory. This helped the Chinese to compete with industries around the world. The book also give some explanation about Kynge's research in Italy where jewelry manufacturing and the artisan industry sustained loss owning to the competition by China ‘s increasing market share. Another problem is the related to USA, manufacturing of everything from shoes to computer parts is losing out in Middle America. The managers of companies try to reduce costs by manufacturing in countries with cheaper labor, though the burden is placed on middle class communities who rely on the local factories as a way of life. So, the middle class is shrinking while lower income America is growing. Producing in China is profitable owning to the rules mandated by the Chinese government. There are no safety regulations for the workers, there are no taxes of pollution, and workers in China are working for very low amount , in some part, even for one dollar in a day. And the author talks with those who are in the power, and gives their ideas about the company they take charge of.…
First, manufacturing higher quality products was crucial since machine dependability and reliability was important for contractors. Many construction companies all over the globe operated under severe cost and time constraints and companies’ main target was to schedule machine use efficiently and minimize downtime. High capital and energy costs made some construction companies to use their machines longer. Consequently, providing the replacement and spare parts on short notice and continuous improvement of the parts were essential. Also, profit margins for parts and attachments were significantly higher than for whole machines which encouraged most suppliers to pay more focus on providing these parts to their customers on a timely manner. Moreover, the ability to manufacture product capacity ahead of demand was important. For instance, Caterpillar’s excess capacity policy served not only as deterrence to competitors but also as a mechanism enabling company to respond to the industry’s’ wide swings in demand. This also helped companies to successfully maintain their low cost manufacturing position through higher scale of volume. In addition, a full and diversified product line was necessary for companies to gain competitive advantage over others. Also, the ability to be a shock absorber provided some companies flexibility and…
China’s economy has grown substantially since 1960. The population of the second largest economy in the world shot up by 73 million people over the past decade. New data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that of China’s 1.35 billion people, 51.3% lived in urban areas at the end of 2011. In the past five decades and more, major industrial products have increased by dozens or even hundreds of times, and many industrial products have been sold all over the world. Since 1996, China has led the world in the production of steel, coal, cement, farm-use chemical fertilizers and television sets. As these industries increase, the area needed to…
In this paper, we will focus on the case study, which discusses about the plant capacity and Beck Manufacturing. In addition, after reading the case study it becomes evident that we need to help Beck’s Manufacturing, president in making the best decision possible in regards to determining his facilities capacity. Therefore, we need to note that Beck’s Manufacturing is a major producer of steering gears in the auto industry. Nevertheless, we also need to know how the manufacturing process is being done, thus allowing us to answer and identify our case study questions. Thus, first, we must calculate both the capacity of the system, along with the capacity of each machine. Second, identify any alternative measures where, Beck can expand his capacity initiatives, in order to gain a positive capacity gain, without causing another bottleneck incident in the operations side. Third, establishing a strategy where Mr. Beck does not have to buy more equipment in order to increase his capacity. Furthermore, let us answer these fundamental questions, while helping Mr. Beck feel confident in his new strategies to incorporate to Beck Manufacturing.…
Despite of its growing success, we can notice that the company had to face to a stagnating productivity and to some declining margins from 1999 to 2003 and to an increase of his debts. 2004 brings signs of improvements, nevertheless with their future plan to implant 5 closely connected factories over the next four years in China to increase production, sell more and enter in the Chinese market, the company needs to rethink some of its organization.…
By acquiring these two companies Baosteel Group could increase its output as the new company had the permission to build a new 10-million-ton steel-making base in Zhanjiang City. The new base in Zhanjiang City was promising as it would solve the lack of steel-making facilities in Guangdong, save money due to the shorter distance to Australian iron ore sources and face a ready market with Honda’s and Toyota’s manufacturing facilities demanding their flat rolled steel. They needed, however, to modernize the enterprises, eliminate the obsolete capacity and shut down environmentally critical operations.…
This project report gives a detailed study of various departments and equipments in (RMHP) Raw Material Handling Plant in VIZAG STEEL PLANT. It also gives the study about Stacker com Reclaimer and various parts of it. It provides the information about Slew Bearing which is the major part of the SCR, The cause for its pre-mature failure and the preventive measures which have to be taken to be taken to avoid its failure. It also explains the lengthy procedure of changing the slew bearing, the way each step is carried out.…
The company has always been advanced in terms of its product engineering, in the development and design of their product. The production phase on the other hand, has not been so advanced. The heritage of production in the type of job shop operation persists, and despite the tendency of standardization, the company is still continues largely on a made-to-order basis. The increasing popularity of diesel engines meant that competition has been tight because it brought may new entrants to the market.…
Chinyao Low, (Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Douliou, Taiwan, Republic of China), Yahsueh Chen, (Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Douliou, Taiwan, Republic of China), Mingchang Wu, (Graduate School of Technological & Vocational Education, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Douliou, Taiwan, Republic of China)…
As proposed by the Government decades ago, there are four ‘pillar’ industries in Hong Kong, namely, financial services, trading and logistics, tourism and producer and professional services. They account for about 60% of GDP and nearly half of the total workforce, in which construction industry is counted in the producer and professional services. In the 21st century, the Government wants to look forward and follow the trend of technological and advanced world, they proposed another six new ‘pillar’ industries, concerning testing and certification, medical services, innovation technology, culture and creative industries, environmental industry and education services, in which construction industry is not counted in any ‘pillar’ industry and no longer treated as important by the Government.…
Hong Kong industries and facilities were moved to mainland on 1990s. It makes Hong Kong lost the aim focus on engineering industry. According to large number of workers and low production cost advantages in China. Besides Hong Kong, China also attracts another country and develops their industry. It makes china industry growth up fast.…
Most steel producing countries have two or three significant steel producing companies. China has twenty-six of the world’s fifty largest steel producing companies. Six of the top ten steel producing companies are Chinese and all of these companies are State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) for which the normal rules of the market don’t apply. Some of them have accrued huge debts and are loss making, but they still carry on producing steel. In building up its huge productive capacity, China now need to consolidate on a scale that has never before been attempted anywhere. China has indicated that it would only start consolidating its steel industry by 2025. It is expected that the Chinese industry will have to reduce its capacity by 100 to 150 million tons of steel in…