Case : Acetate Department 1) What were the objectives of the production reorganization at Acetate ? The main objective of the production reorganization at Acetate Department was to improve production capacity‚ to increase productivity. 2) Why do you think the objectives of the reorganization were not realized‚ even though no employees lost their jobs‚ and salaries were increased ? Even though no employees lost their jobs and salaries were increased‚ we can note that the productivity
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Report‚ 2008-09)‚ is a possibility behind the increase in overseas demand. The industry’s capacity performance was 75%; lower than 81% capacity performance compared to last year (APCMA‚ n.d.). Agitated condition of the economic law and order in the country could be accounted for the main reason for this decrease (Bestway Annual Report‚ 2008-09). However‚ it could be noted that the total manufacturing capacity also increased by 12.39% during the year (APCMA‚ n.d.). In terms of augmentation in dispatches
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specifications‚ And then summary statistics China major Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine manufacturers 2010-2016 Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine capacity production supply demand shortage and Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine selling price cost gross margin and production value‚ and also introduced China 5 manufacturers company basic information‚ 2010-2016 Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine capacity production price cost gross margin production value China market share etc details information. In the end‚ this report introduced
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT GROUP ASSIGNMENT MANZANA INSURANCE CASE ANALYSIS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE ANALYSIS Case Background About the firm Manzana Insurance was founded in Sebastapol‚ California in 1902. It originally specialized in orchard and farm insurance. In 1906‚ after the San Francisco Fire‚ it saw an opportunity and expanded into a number of areas. The main lines of business initially were Commercial property insurance only. Then Manzana dabbled into commercial liability segment
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for 100‚000 units‚ but if the order doesn’t arrive‚ we would have to put the workforce on hold. We can’t afford to carry large inventories.” With that advice‚ he needs to find a way to increase capacity while staying flexible and minimizing expense‚ which is much easier said than done. Increasing capacity is a challenge because of the weather affecting drying times as well as worker productivity so estimating how long it takes to make a finished product. The hot‚ humid summer days take a toll on
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RICE MILL 1.0 INTRODUCTION Paddy or rice grain consists of husk and brown rice. Brown rice‚ in turn‚ contains bran which comprises the outer layer and the edible portion. Rice milling is removal or separation of husk (dehusking) and bran to obtain the edible portion for consumption. The process has to be accomplished with care to prevent excessive breakage of the kernel and improve recovery of paddy or rice. The extent of recovery during milling depends on many factors like variety of paddy‚ degree
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Possible Ratios: Production to employees‚ Revenue per employee‚ Managers to employees‚ Inventory levels to employees‚ Number of customers or customer orders to employees‚ Labor costs to all production costs‚ The percent utilization of production capacity to
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Chapter One The first chapter gets the reader acquainted with Mr. Alex Rogo and his apparent problems with his production plant. This is shown through a confrontation between Mr. Rogo and his boss Mr. Peach‚ the Division Vice President. The dispute is over an overdue order #41427. Through their conversation it’s learned that Mr. Peach will not settle for anything less than the order being shipped today‚ and since the plant is neither productive nor profitable‚ Alex has three months to show an improvement
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APL’s offer • Option 2: Become an independent contract manufacturer. • Option 3: Rebuild the “MKG” brand. DECISION: KCPL should work on reviving its brand. ACTION PLAN: KCPL has to work on technology upgradation‚ increasing capacity utilization and managing a efficient workforce. It also has to improve its brand image and target new profitable markets. CONTINGENCY PLAN: As a contingency plan‚ KCPL can accept the offer of APL. 2. MAIN REPORT 1. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
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matched with the average lead time of 0.39 hrs. Capacity Determination: Initially we had one machine for every station and the throughput rate was assumed to be equal to the average job arrival rate per day i.e. 3.06 jobs/day. The average utilization for each machine was calculated from the given data. After knowing the average utilization‚ service rate (capacity) for each machine was calculated using the following formula: Service Rate capacity=Average ThroughputNo.of Machines*Average Utilization
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