Eric Noland Dr. Osyk Supply Chain & Operations Analysis 9/13/12 Case Study #2 Recently‚ Wallace and his staff reviewed the business strategy in the manufacturing division. After revision‚ it became obvious that the marketing‚ engineering‚ and manufacturing strategies should be updated. The shipper Company has diversified into three separate divisions now‚ being the Electrical Products Division‚ the Materials Division and the Advanced Products Division. EPD produced a variety of circuit
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Question 2) Manufacturing plays a key role in modern economy. The last decades of globalization period drastically changed the manufacturing industry. Advancement in technology changed the traditional concepts of manufacturing and huge hike in production. Development of the manufacturing can be classified in to three era‚ beginning of manufacturing‚ current manufacturing‚ manufacturing in future. Beginning of manufacturing: before all manufacturing operations were done by hand. Without any computer
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Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing The intended principle of this study is to submit suggestions for a new process design and the supply chain at Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc. The reformation will utilize the theory of Lean Production in the application of the electric fans manufacturing. The research uses Riordan Manufacturing‚ Inc. intranet information. This paper will present a complete production plan for two of the Riordan Manufacturing Inc. locations: Hangzhou‚ China and Pontiac‚
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Lean Manufacturing/JIT Production “Continuous improvement is not about the things you do well - that’s work. Continuous improvement is about removing the things that get in the way of your work. The headaches‚ the things that slow you down‚ that’s what continuous improvement is all about.” ~Bruce Hamilton Continuous improvement is what makes companies profitable. Not only must they constantly innovate their product and services to satisfy the needs of their consumers‚ but also their
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Case: UPD Manufacturing Given‚ Demand‚ d = 6 Ordering Interval‚ OI = 89 Ordering cost‚ S = $32 Holding Cost/Carrying Cost‚ H = $.08 As there is no demand variability‚ the formula for quantity is: Q = d (LT + OI) – A (as there is no safety stock) ------- A - ROP (Reorder point) We know‚ A = d * LT‚ so the fixed order interval order quantity equation Q becomes Q = (d * LT) + (d * OI) – (d * LT) * Q = d * OI = (6) (89) = 534 units Therefore‚ ordering at six-week
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Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer and industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding with locations in Georgia‚ Michigan‚ California‚ and their most current expansion in 2000 to Hangzhou‚ China. The company manufactures plastic bottles‚ fans in all sizes‚ medical devices‚ and custom plastic parts. The market for plastic bottles‚ fans‚ and custom plastic parts is affected by economic conditions (University of Phoenix‚ 2010). Understanding
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for Riordan in QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions and Fishbowl Inventory (Manufacturing / Hosted Services).With these three programs Riordan can track all customer relations in real-time‚ make orders‚ track all orders and inventory‚ and keep accounting records. These packages are completely compatible with each other and work in unison to make Riordan more efficient and profitable. Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing is a global manufacturer of plastics. Riordan has locations in Albany‚ Georgia
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Toyota’s Current Production The current distribution of Toyota production faculties are 10 in the United States‚ 3 in Canada and one in Mexico. Toyota began setting up production facilities back in 1984‚ when it became partners with General Motors Corp believing it was important to have manufacturing and production facilities on site‚ to better cater to the needs of the customer in that local market. Since that time sales have sky rocketed and they have production facilities in North America
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Riordan Manufacturing BSA/500 IT Business Systems I August xx‚ 2013 Riordan Manufacturing was founded in 1991 by Dr. Michael Riordan‚ a professor of chemistry. After sensing the commercial application of several of his patented Polymer processes‚ Dr. Riordan started Riordan Plastics‚ Inc.‚ which initially focused on research and development. In 1992
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ASSIGNMENTS PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL Subject Name & Code : Study Centre : Permanent Enrollment Number (PEN): Student Name : Production Planning and Control INSTRUCTIONS a) Students are required to submit three assignments ASSIGNMENT Assignment A Assignment B Assignment C DETAILS Five subjective questions Three subjective questions + Case Study Forty objective questions MARKS 10 10 10 b) c) d) e) Total weightage given to these assignments is 30%.(40% when no PCP*) All assignments are
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