Custom Molds‚ Inc. Summary: Custom Molds is a design & fabricator of precision molds and molds part for the electronic industry. The company has to face an environmental change when the electronic industry began to have partnership with parts suppliers. Problem statement: On a short term‚ Custom Molds is not able to satisfy its customers by having a high quality custom product: there was orders returned because of defective parts; and Custom Molds is also not able to respect it’s delivery
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Team 3: Case Study: Custom Molds‚ INC Case Study: Custom Molds‚ INC Custom Molds Inc.‚ manufactures custom designed molds for plastic parts and produces custom made plastic connectors for the electronics industry. Established in 1987‚ the primary focus was to provide manufacturers or electronic connectors a source of high-quality custom-designed molds for producing plastic parts. After building a strong brand reputation through the designing and fabrication of precision molds‚ Custom Mold’s expanded
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Case is about family business (father and son : Tom and Mason Miller)‚ which began producing molds and later added production of plastic parts to main business. Although production is traditionally being focused on quality and design of both molds and plastic parts (mass production/ customization accordingly)‚ total number of order is remained the same‚ but client’s desires have been shifted. 1). Custom Molds Inc. has faced the following major issues: Although the number of parts orders remained
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Case Summary Circuit Board Fabricators‚ Inc. is a small manufacturer of circuit boards located in California. (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ and Aquilano‚ 2004) Large computer companies such as Apple and Hewlett-Packard hire Circuit Board Fabricators to "make boards for prototypes of new products." (Chase‚ et al.‚ 2004) The case study suggests that Circuit Board Fabricators has a good business plan established within the organization. CBF has implemented a largely automated process using industry standard
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This case study is about Circuit Board Fabricators‚ Inc. which manufactures circuit boards for several companies like Apple Computer and Hewlett-Packard to name a few. Circuit Board Fabricators‚ Inc. plant was designed to produce 1000 boards per day but they cannot meet such production levels as their process engineer insists. On a good day‚ Circuit Board Fabricators‚ Inc. is able to produce around 700 boards. One will analyze and see how Circuit Board Fabricators‚ Inc. can meet the 1000 board requirements
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Key Events/Case Synopsis National Fabricators Inc. is a company that specializes in the manufacturing of lockers‚ school furniture‚ toilet partitions‚ steel shelving‚ and is now currently owned by Tom Kruger after buying out $75‚000 of shares from shareholders in 1992. The industry is very competitive as costs are rising and prices being cut while the economy declines at the same time. As the president of National Fabricators‚ Tom Kruger needs to bring the company back on its feet in order to
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CUSTOM VANS‚ INC. Where would you locate the two plants‚ and why? To determine whether the shipping pattern can be improved and where the two new plants should be located‚ the total costs for the whole transportation system for each combination of plants as well as the existing shipping pattern costs will have to be determined. In the heading identifying the combination being discussed‚ Gary and Fort Wayne‚ will be omitted because they appear in every possible combination. The derivation of total
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Marvin M. Araño IT-312 IMT Custom Machine Company‚ Inc. Executive Summary: Custom Machine Company Inc. (CMCI)‚ a subsidiary of International Machine & Tools‚ operates two plants in Ft. Wayne and Chicago. These plants have played a game of patch-up and catch-up with their information technology. Hardware and software developed for one specific purpose often ends up serving several other different uses. In late 1998‚ it became apparent that the information technology – specifically the
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much the higher consideration‚” having said that‚ manpower is the lifeline of businesses and industries that cannot be neglected. It captures the importance of groups that assume collective responsibility for performing a set of tasks and in this case the labor industry‚ a sector that the Philippines is superior‚ both in the domestic and international market. No business can flourish without taking good care of human capital though complicated and problematic it may be. Every industry and business
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Case Study At the end of Chapter 3‚ read the case study Custom Molds‚ Inc. Answer the topical questions at the end of the case study Be thorough and complete in your responses Upload your completed document using the digital drop box provided All case studies are due by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET 1. Custom Molds has reached a point in its development where its competitive priorities are changing due to its traditional fabrication market shrinking and its newer parts manufacturing market is growing.
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