and contrast the challenges experienced in fulfilling customer requirements in Trans-European Plastics and New Supply Chain strategies at old M&S (20 marks) (b) Discuss possible solutions with regards to analysis of performance factors such as cost‚ quality‚ speed‚ dependability and flexibility and ‘order winners and qualifiers’. (30 marks) 4. (a) elaborate on the following: Trans-European Plastics: Issues with dependability‚ distribution issues‚ storage space‚ implications for inventory
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In “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History.” author Jennifer Price explains that the lifeless bird symbolizes Americans are lead on by the media and will purchase just about anything to prove their wealthiness. In Price’s view the United States is consumed with flashy displays of wealth. Americans will partake in anything that is bold or bright. In the first half of the essay‚ the author discusses the fact that the new popular item on the market is a plastic flamingo‚ which represents
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source but in general the average length is between 500 and 2 000 glucose units. There are two major molecules in starch - amylose and amylopectin. The alpha linkage of amylose starch allows it to be flexible and digestible. Starch-based biodegradable plastics may have starch contents ranging from 10% to greater than 90%. Starch based polymers can be based on crops such as corn (maize)‚ wheat or potatoes. Starch content needs to exceed 60% before significant material breakdown occurs. As the starch
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greater with every day of production. This clearly shows that the standard material holds up better during the manufacturing process compared to that of the super plastic during production (Reid & Sanders‚ 2011). The old process shows that the process is in control because the sample data falls within the normal variation range. The super plastic is not in control because the cause for the variation can not be identified. Those causes can not be eliminated until the cause of the variation is known. Control
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PHIL – 447 Week 1 – Pick Your Plastic In the article “Credit or debit: pick your plastic‚” by Lisa Gerstner‚ the issue the author writes about is the importance of consumers knowing the difference between debit cards‚ credit cards and prepaid cards. If consumers do not understand the difference between the three cards and the way to use them‚ they could end up in financial disaster. If the consumer understands the card‚ then it can be useful and can be used to
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Trans-European Plastics (TEP) is one of the largest manufacturers of plastic household items in England. (Slack‚ 2010) Their factories have the ability to ship products to its customers within one week. The manufacturing operation is based on batch production‚ employing 24 large injection-moulding machines. TEP has recently been faced with declining delivery reliability and backlog. Apparently resulting from ‘split batches’ where only part of a planned production batch is produced to overcome
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Conventional Oil Based Plastics Vs. Innovative Green Plastics The Twentieth century was filled with many inventions that have greatly influenced our world. The invention of plastic was one of the most dramatic of them all. Humans use plastics each and every day and just imagining a day without them is inconceivable. A material can be a plastic if it satisfies three conditions: its main ingredient must be a polymer material‚ it must be fluid at some point during processing‚ and it must be solid
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and Engineering wanted to implement SDTs to the Corpus Christi plant to reap 30 to 40% increase in productivity and three times the industry average on returns with the help of a motivated workforce (Garvin & Collins‚ 2009). RL Wolfe acquired Moon Plastics in the year 2003. Amasi had studied the benefits of SDTs in terms of productivity and returns in an organization. He developed a team to implement the SDTs in the Corpus Christi plant and was hoping to get up to 95% or more on design capacity (Garvin
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reactivity with water‚ flammability‚ heat of combustion. Resin refers to the basic chemical composition of each type of plastic. Each resin has unique properties and is used (often mixed with additional chemicals and materials) in the manufacture of a variety of plastic products. Sometimes there are letters beneath the resin codes. These are abbreviations for the name of the plastic resin that the code represents. These abbreviations are not always included‚ though the number always represents the
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Plastic surgery is a very necessary form of surgery. It is needed by millions of Americans every year‚ not only to improve life‚ but in some cases‚ to save it. There are two types of plastic surgery: cosmetic and reconstructive. Cosmetic surgery consists of certain procedures used to “improve” a person’s natural features‚ or give a more youthful appearance‚ while reconstructive surgery is used to restore a person’s natural form after an appearance-altering event‚ such as disease‚ infection‚ cancer
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