industry) Government of India / Maharashtra Gas Turbine (used for power generation) Independent Power Producer Internal Rate of Return (a measure of profitability) Maharashtra State Electricity Board National Thermal Power Corporation Plant Load Factor (capacity utilisation) State Electricity Board 100 thousand 1000 thousand 10 Million U.S. $ = 32 Rs (in 1995) one Unit of electricity Million Watts (power) The Enron Controversy/Prayas/September 1995 Preface PRAYAS is a voluntary initiative in the
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customer needs. Their cellular manufacturing approach by breaking the factory into small‚ homogeneous and cohesive productive units makes production and quality control easier. Continuous plant operation and good plant layout ensured maximum asset utilization and low work-in-process inventories and relatively higher finished goods inventory. • Pre-automation meant that production process could be automated after it was understood‚ designed and laid out which ensured quick identification of problems
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The Goal The Goal‚ by Eliyahu Goldratt is a novel focused on the challenges and improvement of operational efficiency. The book is about Alex Rogo‚ a thirty something year old‚ probably has an undergraduate degree in engineering and an MBA. He is married with 2 children‚ working as an executive for UniCo for the past 15 years. He began his career as project engineer‚ now works as a plant manager of manufacturing factory in Bearington‚ his home town. His boss is Bill Peach‚ division manager at the
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system‚ (trying to “guess” what will sell) to a reactive system (knowing what is required and producing it). 2. Work with suppliers to reduce delivery times and minimum order quantities. This will include both raw material lead time and production capacity. Hong Kong is a much more mature manufacturing environment. They have embraced better manufacturing practices that allow for a higher quality product with a shorter turnaround. Because of these practices‚ they are able to more rapidly tool up for
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PROFESSOR Vinod R. Singhal Case Genentech-Capacity Planning Howard 1141209823 Maxime LECOCQ 1141209829 Junhai Zhou 1141209226 Genentech Case Suggestion The problem before David Ebersman‚ VP of product operations at Genentech‚ is fairly basic. The demand for the company’s drugs is expected to grow substantially over the next decade‚ and current production capacity is unable to keep up with that projected
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barriers are high‚ companies be- come locked into an unprofitable industry where overall demand is static or declin- ing. The result is often excess production capacity‚ which leads to even more intense rivalry and price competition as companies cut prices in the attempt to obtain the customer orders needed to use their idle capacity and cover their fixed costs.10Com- mon exit barriers include the following: ● Investments in assets such as specific machines‚ equipment‚ and operating facili-
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market feedback‚ Sport Obermeyers’ “guest list” should include both large and small retailers and both urban and resort retailers. b. Decrease lead times for both raw materials and finished goods‚ thereby allowing more time to utilize existing capacity. Since the business strategy should emphasize Dependability more than Cost‚ lead-times can be reduced using some or all of the following methods: -Choose suppliers of raw materials more on the basis of D than C. -Expedite orders through information
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New Balance Athletic Shoes | Case Study | | | 1. How important is continued product innovation to New Balance’s ability to compete in the marketplace? What timing and seasonal factors come into play? Who are the New Balance’s key suppliers and partners in the innovation ecosystem? What role do competitors play? Discuss the interdependencies and risks inherent in this marketplace in the context of Adner’s article? 1. Continued product innovation is a key to competitive success due to
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analysis and evaluation of constraints in the production process for the Model C210 and the Model D400 of the Five Star Tools product line. The significant growth the company has experienced in recent years has led to a strain on the firm’s production capacity. This report seeks to determine how to loosen constraints on production and identify the most profitable product line given current production limitations. Incremental analysis is used to determine both the benefit of one additional hour of production
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below or just above sub-zero temperatures known as cold storage. 2. MARKET Normally the capacity of a cold storage unit is expressed in terms of its storage volume. This capacity is related to the product to be stored and the plant capacity is measured in terms of its tonnage. The normal products considered for this purpose are potatoes and tamarind. Depending on the bulk density of the roduct this capacity varies for storing other items. Besides huge potential exists for storing fresh vegetables
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