Case study Sullivan’s Auto World Problem Statement The owner of Sullivan’s Auto World has passed away and his eldest daughter is undecided in reconstructing a declining business or to sell what took her father decades to build. Situation Analysis The type of service process Sullivan’s Auto used is possession processing. This involves tangible activity to the customer vehicles. Meaning the customers visits the service site and then a service is delivered in person to the customer. Although
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EIN6339 Operations Engineering ASSIGNMENT #1: The Goal and Theory of Constraints (TOC) Shahrouz Ebadian (Shahrouz.Ebadian@gmail.com) The Goal: Do you think that this is an operational methodology or a philosophy? Please explain. The Goal is a management-oriented novel that focuses on the concepts of systems management. The fictional novel focuses around Alex Rogo and the problems in his production plant. The plant is constantly behind schedule and unprofitable. Alex is given
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NORTH COUNTRY AUTO‚ INC. North Country Auto‚ Inc. was a franchised dealer and factory-authorized service center for Ford‚ Saab‚ and Volkswagen. George G. Liddy‚ part owner‚ recently developed new control systems for the five departments within the company; new car sales and used car sales‚ service‚ body‚ and parts. Mr. Liddy wanted to see each department ran like a separate business. He was trying to motivate his department managers to see how beneficial this would be in the long run‚ not only to
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Bajaj Pulsar is a motorcycle brand owned by Bajaj Auto in India. The two wheeler was developed by the product engineering division of Bajaj Auto in association with Tokyo R&D [1] and later with motorcycle designer Glynn Kerr. Currently there are five variants available‚ with engine capacities of 135 cc‚ 150 cc‚ 180 cc‚ 200 cc‚ and 220 cc. Previously it was also offered with a 200 cc DTS-i oil cooled engine‚ which now has been discontinued. Instead a new version Pulsar 200NS was launched in 2012.[2]
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Numerical: (1) North Country Auto-Transfer Pricing problem‚ Page 181‚ Book: MCS by Vijay Govindarajan & Robert N Anthony Solution: Facts of the case: (a) North Country Auto has departments/profit centre : (i) New & (ii) Used Car Sales‚ (iii) Parts‚ (iv) Service & (v) Body. (b) New & Used cars dept.: Headed by managers. They dealt in cars of Ford‚ Saab & Volkswagen. (c) Parts dept.: Manager was responsible for tracking parts inventory for the three lines & minimizing both carrying cost &
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CHAPTER 15 LEASES Overview In the previous chapter‚ we saw how companies account for their long-term debt. The focus of that discussion was bonds and notes. In this chapter we continue our discussion of debt‚ but we now turn our attention to liabilities arising in connection with leases. Leases that produce such debtor/creditor relationships are referred to as capital leases by the lessee and as either direct financing or sales-type leases by the lessor. We also will see that some leases
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15 China “Pretty girls in fine dresses and stylish bonnets filled the open carriage that came up the hill from China Street and turned down the main dirt thoroughfare‚ Washington Street.” This is how local author‚ Gordon Cotton‚ begins his story about the famous brothel‚ 15 China. If one would try to locate 1500 China Street today‚ they would find a three way stop; the last number on the street being 1625. Though the house was torn down in 1970‚ its stories still
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SULLIVAN’S AUTO WORLD Walter Sullivan the creator of Sullivan Ford Auto World pass away and his oldest daughter Carol Sullivan-Diaz‚ a health care administrator by profession took over the business and found out that the family business is in economic trouble founded on existing financial performance and market outlook. In addition‚ CSAT results from car buyers show that the company has problems with their service quality. Sullivan Ford Auto World Facts: - Average sales of 1‚100 cars per
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Ireland’s non-physical exports Since Ireland and Australia are two of the furthest countries apart in the world‚ (15‚ 696 km by flight) 1 a substantial amount of physical trade is very hard to maintain due to the long shipping time and expenses. The fact that Japan and China two of the worlds largest manufactures are located close by doesn’t help. Nevertheless some Irish based companies manage to supply and deliver products to Australia‚ companies such as Cadbury Microsoft‚ Dell and Apple. However
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Introduction The Engstrom Auto Mirror plant employs over 200 people at its Indiana location. Since 1999‚ workers at the plant have received bonuses based on the Scanlon Bonus Plan‚ which paid a percentage of all labor savings each month. Workers were motivated by the bonuses to increase their productivity‚ thus saving the plant from its unprofitable state during the 1990s. However‚ in 2007‚ the plant once again faced issues of unproductivity and low profits. The plant manager‚ Ron Bent‚ had to
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