15.769 Manufacturing Strategy Spring 2001 Second revision of syllabus Prof. Don Rosenfield: E40-419‚ 253-1064‚ e-mail: donrose@mit.edu Teaching Assistant: Melissa Falkowski‚ Office TBD‚ mfalkow@mit.edu Manufacturing strategy examines strategy for manufacturing and operations within the firm. The course will examine how manufacturing and operations can be used as competitive weapons. Traditionally‚ these areas have been viewed as narrow‚ functional areas‚ and management of them
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Planning for the Chevy Volt Case General Motors is a company in deep trouble. As car sales in North America collapsed in 2008‚ GM‚ which had already lost money in 2007‚ plunged deeply into the red. With losses estimated at $14 billion‚ the company was forced to go cap in hand to the government to beg for public finds to help it stave off bankruptcy. Fearing the economic consequences of a collapse of GM‚ the government agreed to loan funds to GM‚ but it insisted that the company have a clear
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Contents Pages 1. Abstract 2. Description of the business 3. Justification of location 4. Selection of appropriate labour 5. Sources of Fixed and Working Capital 6. Role of the entrepreneur 7. Types and levels of Production 8. Quality control Measures 9. Use of technology 10. Linkages 11. Potential for growth & Government regulations 12. Ethical issues 13. Description of the Business: The full service sea food restaurant and fast
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wood doors manufacturing‚ goal which will be induced by increases in profitability - necessary both for the financial survival in the immediate term and for the viability of an IPO planned for 2007. 2.What seems to be the immediate problem?Forefront Holdings consists in two different companies: Forefront Manufacturing and Forefront Contracting. For the last 15 year the financial situation were consolidated‚ but in 2005 when were divided it was discovered that Forefront Manufacturing was affected
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Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Objective 3 Method 3 Procedure 3 Basic Data Analysis 4 Exploratory Data Analysis 4 Simple Linear Analysis 4 t-Test 4 Coefficients of Determination 5 Scatter Diagrams 5 Residual Analysis 5 Conclusion 6 Multiple Regression Analysis – Two Variables 6 f-Test 6 t-Test 6 Coefficients of Multiple Determination
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Conceptual Planning and Feasibility Study Conceptual planning stage of the project is a crucial and busy time for the owner because during this stage the owner of the project will makes decisions that set the tone for the project. It is also the process where’s the owner hires his or her key consultants including the contractor and project manager‚ selects the project site‚ and establishes a conceptual estimate‚ schedule and program. Apart from that the owner will make the most critical decision
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by a number of practitioners and researchers as the latest attempt to construct an alternative to Taylorism and lean production. Advocates of the high performance workplace (HPW) argue that it places greater emphasis on skill acquisition‚ opportunities to utilise skills‚ employee involvement and influence than lean work places. Appelbaum et al. (2000)‚ in their US-based study‚ report evidence of a positive correlation between HPW and job satisfaction. Ramsay et al. (2000)‚ however‚ found‚ in
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To: Richard Sullivan‚ Vice President‚ Heavy Equipment Division‚ WMC Subject: Wriston Manufacturing Corporation Date: May 1‚ 2012 Thank you for the opportunity to work with Wriston Manufacturing Corporation (WMC)‚ it has been both a rewarding and insightful experience. As requested‚ an evaluation has been conducted to assess and identify the key areas of strength and weakness and to provide an external perspective into possible opportunities for corporate advancement. Based on our analysis
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entertainment and information ever since the invention of the electron scanning tube in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin‚ who is considered the father of the modern television. With the conversion to digital format 1080i in 1998‚ there has been a boom in the production of different types and technologies for Televisions. A new generation of televisions has been developed‚ including liquid crystal display (LCD)‚ rear projection‚ and high definition that provide amazing visual characteristics and can be integrated
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article titled‚ Shifting Gear: Chrysler Gains Edge by Giving New Flexibility to Its Factories (WSJ‚ 04/11/2006) presented the benefits and case for flexible manufacturing. Comment on the advantages and disadvantage of flexible manufacturing? Comment on the scope economies presented in the news article? What does the existence of such economies imply about the production of autos in growing fragmented market? “ In the news article‚ “Chrysler Gains Edge by Giving New Flexibility to Its Factories”
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