MEMORANDUM TO: Richard Sullivan FROM: SUBJECT: Wriston Manufacturing Corporation DATE: June 9‚ 2011 Wriston Manufacturing Corporation (WMC) is faced with a Detroit plant that is no longer viable because of underinvestment‚ labour issues‚ and product-process mismatch. This has lead to low sales figures‚ low return‚ and high burden rates (as calculated by the company). The issues at the Detroit plant will be reviewed and options will be presented. A recommendation to address the Detroit
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OPERATIONS STRATEGY Ist Case Submission On Michigan Manufacturing Corporation: The Pontiac Plant Submitted to 12th July 2013 Submitted by Group 13 Nikhil Majhi 1111045 Overview of Michigan Manufacturing Corporation: Michigan Manufacturing Corporation’s Heavy Equipment Division (HED)‚ headquartered in Pontiac is a large scale manufacturer of axles (both on-highway and off-highway applications) and brakes
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for the synergistic benefits of Detroit’s products‚ and to recognize inherent manufacturing complexities‚ respectively. Issues Detroit’s production is unique when compared to other Wriston plants. Runs are typically lowvolume‚ involve significant set-up time‚ and vary significantly due to the sheer volume of different products lines‚ families and models. It is notable that the Detroit plant is the only plant manufacturing all three product lines: brakes‚ off-highway and on-highway axles; all other
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Laurier Institute‚ Wilfrid Laurier University or tcawsey@wlu.ca The Case of the Unseen Customer Socio-technical systems change Ch 2 & 3: Introductory level case on change Laurier Institute‚ Wilfrid Laurier University or tcawsey@wlu.ca Case of the Amalgamated Laboratory Merging departments Ch 9: Action planning Laurier Institute‚ Wilfrid Laurier University Northwell Inc. Launching an e-business Ch 3‚ 4‚ 6:The need for change and competitive positioning Laurier Institute‚ Wilfrid Laurier University or
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In determining the future of HED’s Detroit facility‚ it is important that we recognize the unique nature of the plant and its products and the differentiated role it plays in HED’s plant network. The Detroit plant‚ as an incubation ground for new products and a stable supplier of replacement parts for legacy products‚ has a different mission than that of the other plants. Its product mix‚ plant layout and production process embody the job shop model‚ where flexible resources are employed to produce
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so ‘wrapped up’ in their day-to-day issues‚ that they cannot see beyond their own particular grievances. It can also be argued that the management of the change process itself was ‘botched.’ The planning efforts were focussed on how the Amalgamated Laboratory would be structured rather than how the revised structure would‚ in reality‚ improve service levels or affect staffing levels. A realistic appraisal of the adequacy of the existing system was not undertaken. Also‚ existing staff were
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Running head: CROSBY MANUFACTORING CORPORATION Case Study Chapter 12 – Crosby Manufacturing Corporation Abstract Next to first-hand experience‚ case studies are one of the best ways to learn project management skills. In The Crosby Manufacturing Corporation case study‚ Harold Kerzner reports on the executive-level exchange between the company president and other department heads regarding a new Management Cost and Control System (Kerzner‚ 2009). This paper will give
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Case Study Crosby Manufacturing Corporation “I’ve called this meeting to resolve a major problem with our management cost and control system (MCCS)‚” remarked Wilfred Livingston‚ president. “We’re having one hell of a time trying to meet competition with our antiquated MCCS reporting procedures. Last year we were considered nonresponsive to three large government contracts because we could not adhere to the customer’s financial reporting requirements. The government has recently shown a renewed
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Business 375-Project Management Week 8 Assignment 2 Professor Frank Mitchell March 2‚ 2013 Compose a synopsis of the case‚ using a maximum of 120 words. The president of Crosby Manufacturing Corporation Mr. Livingston called a meeting with the department managers to resolve an issue they have. The issue is with the management cost and control systems (MCCS). The goal of the meeting is to update the current MCCS and increase the company’s
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1 )Manufacturing is the act of making or producing goods by utilizing labor and machineries especially in a large -scale‚ which includes large division of labor. Finished goods produced after manufacturing are further divided into two groups’ producer goods and consumer goods. Producer goods are those supplied to another company for manufacturing other complex products and consumer goods are the finished products which are purchased by the customers directly for the general usage. Casting is a widely
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