CASE STUDY: Quality Parts Company . BUS520 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 04 January 2008 Introduction: I. Which of the changes being considered by the manager of Quality Parts Company are counter to the lean philosophy? II. Make recommendations for lean improvements in such areas as scheduling‚ layout‚ kanban‚ task groupings‚ and inventory. III. Sketch the operation of a pull system for quality for Quality Parts Company’s current system. IV. Outline a plan for introducing lean at Quality Parts
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Cameron Auto Parts was founded in 1965 after the signing of the U.S. and Canada Auto Pact. The main consumers were the Big Three automotive manufacturers and the company prospered in this new business environment. In 2000‚ problems started to occur in the company. First‚ a consequent drop of the sales of more than 50% happened. Second‚ the Japanese were great competitors and took advantage of the market opportunities in Canada. Alex took the control in 2001 in order to implement a process of modernization
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Part 2 - Supply Issues Case Ryan Schwab MGT147 31512 Principles of Supply Chain Management Case 3) Don’t shoot the messenger 1. If you were in Jeff’s position‚ what would you have done to preserve relationships? If I were in Jeff’s position‚ I would first have thanked my suppliers and expressed gratitude to them for being willing to work closely with the company in not only designing the new product line‚ but in then reducing supply prices by the asked for 10 percent. I then would have tried to
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D’Leon Inc.‚ Part II TABLE IC4-1 Statement of Financial Positions 2009E 2008 2007 Assets Cash $85‚632 $7‚282 $57‚600 Accounts receivable 878‚000 632‚160 351‚200 Inventories 1‚716‚480 1‚287‚360 715‚200 Total current assets $2‚680‚112 $1‚926‚802 $1‚124‚000 Gross fixed assets 1‚197‚160 1‚202‚950 491‚000 Less accumulated depreciation 380‚120 263‚160 146‚200 Net fixed assets $817‚040 $939‚790 $344‚800 Total assets $3‚497‚152 $2‚866‚592 $1‚468‚800 Liabilities
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company’s strategic plan is basically a road map to how the company will achieve growth and financial prosperity. To achieve financial growth over the next four years PPQ Auto Parts must expand its operations globally. When a company decides to expand globally a lot of things must be considered. The upper-management of PPQ Auto parts decided that this would be the best thing that the company could do. As told by (Graves‚ 2012) when companies decide to take their operations internationally the must also
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SUMMARY PKL Auto parts supplies automotive parts to mechanics‚ dealers and lately to the mining industry. There are 4 offices and 1 warehouse from where all stock is sourced. Currently the inventory system located at the warehouse is accessed on expensive fixed 512Kbit lines. They are geographically spread out as per this map (Not to Scale). These are in Hillary’s‚ Osborne Park (being the main warehouse)‚ Alexander Heights‚ Kewdale and Melville. PKL Auto parts have recently had some issues and you
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Negotiation Case Study The purpose of this problem is to familiarize students with the negotiation of a labor contract. The problem is strictly a hypothetical one and does not pertain to any actually management or union. It is designed to test in a practical way the student’s understanding of the issues of collective bargaining studied during the semester and the strategy of the bargaining process. The following constitutes the case on which demands will be based and which provides the framework
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MGMT 4850 Cameron Auto Parts 1. Should Cameron have licensed McTaggart or continued to export? Cameron Auto Parts has many factors to consider when addressing the future of their company. While Cameron has had their eye on expanding internationally‚ they must also consider how using licensing‚ as opposed to say FDI‚ for international expansion will affect Cameron’s control of the business. Cameron is said to have close relationships with whom they do business with‚ and the lose of control and possible
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The Latter Part of Culture Video Clip 1: 1. What is Culture? List down the common examples of culture stated in the video clip? Culture is the identity of oneself. This includes the community’s genre of music they’re in favor to‚ art that represents their traditions‚ dances that make them who they are and heritages. Simply‚ culture defines the life of every human. 2. What do you mean by cultural vibrancy‚ what is its importance? Cultural Vibrancy is engage in forming community as it focuses
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facility to accommodate for the higher production. This would exuberate their need for that second plant. All of this leaves licensing to be the most viable option as it requires the least amount of capital‚ both financial and human. Cameron Auto Parts are paid royalty fees as well as the costs of setting up the manufacturing and training without having to spend much money to get the UK plant running. 2. I would say that McTaggart is a good choice for the company to become the licensee of
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