industry was seeing a downward trend since 1987‚ with 1986 being the peak year. Consequently‚ ACC’s last major expansion occurred in 1986 bringing its capacity to 600 million units per year. The 1991 utilization was 70% and was expected to reach 85% by 1996. Because of the depressed market conditions‚ the Sunnyvale plant made no major investments in capacity or new technology since 1986. DJC Corporation of Japan was a dominant supplier of electrical connectors in Japan. It was rumoured to be one of the
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Weigelt Corporation has three branch plants with excess production capacity. Fortunately‚ the corporation has a new product ready to begin production‚ and all three plants have this capability‚ so some of the excess capacity can be used in this way. This product can be made in three sizes--large‚ medium‚ and small--that yield a net unit profit of $420‚ $360‚ and $300‚ respectively. Plants 1‚ 2‚ and 3 have the excess capacity to produce 750‚ 900‚ and 450 units per day of this product‚ respectively
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Industrial Revolution & After Total Replacement Fertility- Number of children a couple has to have in order to replace themselves. Stable population. In order to have 0 population growth. What can reduce/limit population size. Decreased Reproduction Socio-economic and cultural factors contributing to declining birth/fertility rates. *Female changes in reproductive rates. Female employment status Higher education Postpone.control childbearing Children not needed for family labour
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its past customers. Based on the corporate strategy‚ it had been decided that as the demand for a new product being manufactured at Pontiac grows‚ the production shall be transferred to a new plant having requisite economies of scale and available capacity. As of 1987‚ the key factors that possibly have contributed to underperformance at the Pontiac plant are: • Investment: Due to the existing corporate policy‚ the company tended reward plants showing the highest demonstrated rates of
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and quality control to set up all the necessary systems and procedures in order to turn LCI around. In May 2002 Five bicycles –manufacturing companies (competitors) existed in market‚ combined capacity of these companies producing bicycles were 580‚000bicyles per annum‚ and all were running at or near capacity‚ the competition was very tough. Up to May 2002. LCI was producing 60‚000 bicycles/annum‚ in May 2002‚ LCI started producing manufacturing its new product named BMX cycles‚ for betterment in
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the manufacturing facility is facing some problems. The standard line is competing for processing time on the same equipment as the custom line‚ which is resulting in unfinished inventory laying around the facility. The plant has run out of excess capacity and must rent expensive warehouse space. Chad must determine how to best meet the competitive priorities of both of his furniture lines in order to manage his operations most successfully. Gaps in Chad’s Operations Strategy The initiative
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Porter’s Five Forces and SWOT Analysis Porter’s Five Forces of automobile industry. Globalization had indeed left its impact on the automobile industry. Now foreign auto dealers were facing lesser restrictions to operate in overseas markets. Michael E. Porter in his book “Techniques for analyzing industries and competitors” dealt with five competitive forces that shaped all industries. This helped to analyze the intensity of competition which had an impact on the profitability of an industry
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Several existing problems precipitated the creation of the triage system implemented by Kathryn Angell in an effort to deliver improved medical care. The main problem was a lack of coordination in service delivery. This lack of coordination caused excessive wait times on the order of anywhere from 23 to 40 minutes to see a nurse‚ 40 to 50 minutes to see a doctor‚ and as long as 55 minutes to get a prescription filled. The practice of all nurses being involved initially in seeing all patients caused
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Sport Obermeyer 1 Sport Obermeyer’s Time Line and “Speculative” versus “Reactive” Production "NOW" Initial Forecast 9 months Feb … Oct 1992 … 1992 Design of 1993-94 Line. Las Vegas Revised Forecast 5 months Nov … Mar 1992 … 1993 5 months April … Aug 1993 … 1993 "Speculative" Production "Reactive" Production of 1993-94 Line of 1993-94 Line In Feb 1993‚ start design of 1994-95 line. “Speculative” Production 27 Months Sept 1993 Oct 1993 Nov 1993 8 months Dec Jan 1993 1994 Selling of
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Spain. Zara also purchased 20 factories that were highly automated with machines that were specialized for specific garments. 18 of these factories were located near headquarters‚ which minimized transportation costs. Concerning its production capacity‚ Zara‚ based most of its production on what the client is demanding at any time‚ virtually on demand manufacturing of a shop (pull strategy). The model of local production allows you to provide quicker. This is possible due to the average of only
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