Morrison Company MBA513 Operations Management Team 2 Chong Zhu‚ Ziqing Lin‚ Zifei Wang‚ Xiawei Yang‚ Hugang Guo Part 1 Analysis of Donner Company: The Donner Company manufactured printed circuit boards to the specifications of a variety of electronics manufacturers. It was a production line. Even though in the first stage of manufacturing process‚ the artworks were provided by customers and the company would configure the boards according to customer specifications‚ the company would then
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The Donner Company manufactured printed circuit boards to specificaiton of a variety of electronics manufactures. It produces and sells goods to its customers. While EIIC is an insurance company which focus mainly on engineering insurance. It produces and sells service to customers. Problems for Donner Company: 1. For operation problem‚ there is a production bottleneck exist in company’s operation‚ the shifting bottleneck. The shifting of process changed frequently from one to another in the
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Harvard Business School 9-689-030 Rev. December 11‚ 1998 Donner Company In October 1987‚ Edward Plummer‚ president of the Donner Company‚ was reviewing the company’s position prior to planning 1988 operations. The Donner Company manufactured printed circuit boards to the specifications of a variety of electronics manufacturers. Each board consisted of a thin sheet of insulating material with narrow metal strips (conductors) bonded to its surface. The insulating sheet acted as a structural
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Central Issues When looking at the Donner Company in 1987‚ there are some initial concerns. The company as a whole does not have a true sense of how long it takes them to do what they do‚ and their process flow table is made up of "guesstimates"‚ as throughput time at individual processes have not been formally taken. The company appears to be operating below capacity based on their need to rework their products often‚ find things for people to do‚ and meet deadlines that are based on fuzzy estimates
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DONNER COMPANYOperations Management (Group 9) Ayush Aggarwal 1411348 ayush.aggarwal14@iimb.ernet.in D.K.Harish1411292 dk.harish14@iimb.ernet.in Meenakshi Singh 1411303 meenakshi.singh14@iimb.ernet.in Pavel Gupta 1411315 pavel.gupta14@iimb.ernet.in Suryaansh Makked 1411337 suryaansh.makked14@gmail.com Sachin Gowda M B 1411326 sachin.gowda14@iimb.ernet.in 10/9/2014 INTRODUCTION Donner Company (started in 1985) manufactures printed circuit boards to the specifications of a variety of electronics
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Case: Donner Company EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Donner Company is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards. They need to address several issues in their supply chain operations to improve their service level because net income in the month of September has drastically decreased. Before September‚ growth was steadily increasing every month. They found that the major problems include unpredictable bottlenecks in manufacturing‚ lower than expected productivity and lower than expected quality
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Introduction Engineering Inspection & Insurance Company (EIIC) was founded in 1952 by Warren Rodman. Before 1990‚ they was a small but highly successful company that offers machinery and insurance services. After years of above average growth and profits‚ they are moving backward from the industry average‚ policy delivery times are excessive and morale is low. They need to change their current strategy as it is no longer effective. The issues they are facing is not only internal but also face
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DONNER COMPANY CASE STUDY SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - 2015 Pr. Sam AFLAKI Sophie LABBAN – MSIM 2015 INTRODUCTION The three-year old Donner Company has positioned itself within both the small volume‚ customized printed circuit boards market as well as the large volume printed circuit boards market. With 750 competitors in the US‚ and a market that is volatile‚ Donner’s engineering expertise to anticipate and resolve design problems enabled it to maintain its
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Zachary Harris (#112177795) 11.09.2010 Donner Company FIT Analysis I. Opportunity * Customers: Electronics manufacturers; IBM‚ AT&T‚ Digital Equipment are customers for large orders of simple boards or small orders of prototype boards: Specializes in making circuit boards for experimental devices and pilot production runs * Costs: * Variable costs: raw materials‚ direct labor‚ selling expense * Fixed Costs: manufacturing overhead‚ indirect labor‚ administrative
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Donner Company Case Analysis Operations Management Indian Institute of Management Bangalore PGSEM 2012 Introduction Donner Company manufactures printed circuit boards (PCB) according to specifications of electronic manufacturers. It is one of the leading PCB manufacturers in United States. It started in 1985. The president of the company‚ Edward Plummer is reviewing the company position in October 1987‚ before deciding on plans for 1988. CNC Vs Manual Drill Decision Rules As per our
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