. HAL‚ Inc.1 MMM Program Northwestern University December 1996 Revised March 2001 1. Background It is May 1992. HAL‚ Inc. is a major manufacturer of computers and computer components. In their Lubbock‚ TX plant they make printed circuit boards (PCB’s‚ also referred to as “panels”)‚ which are used by other plants in the company in a variety of computer products. The Lubbock plant‚ built in 1982‚ represents an $80 million investment and has approximately 450‚000 square feet of manufacturing
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Case Study: Circuit Board Fabricators Inc. Carl Anthony Jackson Sr. University of Phoenix OSC301 Operations Management Kimberly Ford January‚ 21 2008 In this case study Circuit Board Fabricators manufactures circuit boards for several computer companies. CBF has a capacity to produce 1000 circuit boards per day‚ but CBF can not meet these objectives set by process engineers. This case study will analyze what CBF is doing wrong and how they can improve their process
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structure is CBF using? Circuit Board Fabricators Inc. uses a job shop process flow structure. The job shop process flow structure is a production of small batches of a large number of different products.The job shop process is also a flexible operation that has several activities through which work can pass. In a job shop‚ it is not necessary for all activities to be performed on all products‚ and their sequence may be different for different products.CBF‚ Inc. bases its board fabrication process on
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Thermoelastic Properties of Printed Circuit Boards: Effect of Copper Trace Hu Guojun‚ Goh Kim Yong‚ Luan Jing-en‚ Lim Wee Chin and Xavier Baraton STMicroelectronics‚ 629 Lorong 4/6 Toa Payoh‚ Singapore 319521‚ Singapore Tel: +65 63897056. E-mail address: guojun.hu@st.com Abstract After encapsulation‚ thermo-mechanical deformation builds up within the electronic packages due to coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch between the respective materials within the package as it cools to
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individual batch time that’s why they didn’t utilize the total capacity of production. 4.What is the impact of losses in the process in Inspection and Final Test ? The impact of the losses in the system is quite extensive. It is stated that 15% of the board are typically rejected during an early processing inspection along with an additional 5% rejected during the final testing. This results in a production order increase of 25%. 5.What recommendations would you make for a short-term solution to CBF’s
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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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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 of
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Universal Circuits‚ Inc. Foreign Exchange Exposure Management Due to significant appreciation of the U.S dollar against the Irish punt in recent years‚ it has come to our attention that the profit margins of our Irish operation are extremely sensitive to fluctuations in the value of the U.S dollar. With already high interest rates‚ steadying rates of inflation‚ and flat economic growth in the United States‚ it appears that the time has come to worry about the possibility of a large devaluation
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January 28‚ 2005 The motherboard is the main circuit board of a microcomputer. The motherboard contains the connectors for attaching additional boards. Typically‚ the motherboard contains the CPU‚ BIOS‚ memory‚ mass storage interfaces‚ serial and parallel ports‚ expansion slots‚ and all the controllers required to control standard peripheral devices‚ such as the display screen‚ keyboard‚ and disk drive. Collectively‚ all these chips that reside on the motherboard are known as the motherboard ’s
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Brief # 1-Circuit City Stores‚ Inc(Defendant) V. Mantor(Plantiff) Procedural History A year after Circuit City‚ Inc terminated Mantor’s employment he brought a civil action in state court alleging twelve causes of action. Circuit City petitioned the district court to compel arbirtration‚ and the distict court granted circuit citys motion to compel arbitration. Mantor appealed‚ argueing that the arbitration process was unforecable because it was unconsiable Issue Was the arbitration contract
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