LEAN & GREEN FACTORY @ McKinsey Capability Center Atlanta Turning resource productivity and continuous operations into competitive advantage The efficiency imperative Energy is already the single largest indirect cost in many industries. And its price is only going up. To deliver the next step in energy and resource productivity‚ companies will need to make broad and deep changes across their operations. Does your organization have the capabilities to make that happen? LEAN
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U.S. Automobile Manufacturing Case Study 2 Human Resource Planning U.S. Automobile Manufacturing I. What human resource issues should managers in the automobile industry be prepared for in the future? Resistance of human resources due to their gradual displacement in automobile manufacturing businesses comprises the encompassing issue in the industry in the future. Human resource displacement results from two economic trends. One is increasing outsourcing (1998; 2003)
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Implementation Lean Logistics‚ simply put‚ can be described as a way to recognize and eliminate wasteful activities from the supply chain in order to increase product flow and speed. In order to achieve Leaner Logistics; organizations need to implement leaner thinking. Lean production involves eliminating waste and using less labors‚ materials‚ time and space. That’s why it is save production. This in turn reduces costs. Harley-Davidson Motor Company‚ the only major U.S.-based motorcycle manufacturer
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to its neighbor countries‚ the increase in educational standards that allowed technology to flourish‚ and many more benefits. In this paper I will analyze how these benefits paired with other factors like political and cultural conditions positions Chile in a good place to be the country of choice for possible manufacturing operations outside the U.S. When evaluating Chile as a future host for creating manufacturing operations outside the U.S. it easy to find many positive advantages that the country
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Just-In-Time Manufacturing Just-In-Time manufacturing‚ commonly referred to as JIT‚ is a company wide philosophy aimed at eliminating a company ’s waste. Waste can be found in many forms. For example it can be defined in the material form such as plastic or metal scrap‚ or it can be defined in the administrative form as excessive overhead that slows production or adds an unnecessary expense. The basic theory behind JIT is a pull system that is driven by a demand of supplies. This results in
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Case Study Analysis Hilton Manufacturing Company 9-192-063 Table of Content 1.1 Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………3 1.2 Problem Statement……………………………………………………………………3 1.3 Data Analysis………………………………………………………………………….4 1.4 Questions……………………………………………………………………………….5 1.4.1 If the company had dropped product 103 as of January 1‚ 2004‚ what effect would that action have had on the $158‚000 profit for the first six months of 2004? ( See exhibit 2)………………………………………………5 1.4.2 In January 2005 should
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Good Manufacturing Practice Every field needs to define certain standards and procedures that need to be followed for outstanding results and outcomes. Every industry‚ area and domain has a pre-defined set of rules and standards that define some of the best practices. Similarly‚ engineering also has defined practices for different areas to help the areas improve and give better outcomes. Some practices that engineers have defined are for the manufacturing domain. These areas are known as the good
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Riordan Manufacturing HR System Analysis Part II BSA 375 May 28‚ 2011 Riordan Manufacturing HR System Analysis Part II The new HRIS system architecture will be implemented and integrated into the existing IT infrastructure which will be supported by the corporate office in San Jose. I recommend that the company consider a three-tiered implementation approach. HRIS base requirements and enhanced HR functionality being deployed to a consolidated organizational-wide instance of the HRIS located
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Cost accounting and the lean production philosophy By Tyrone Williams AIU Online September1‚ 2012 Abstract As Dr. Stephanie White prepares to cope with the a steep reduction in the budgetary allocation to the Uptown Clinic she must carefully determine which areas to cut while striving to maintain current levels of service. This essay will offer advice Dr. White on preparing for budget cuts. It will also discuss the lean production philosophy and how this compares with typical production
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Manufacturing Execution Systems About the Editor Heiko Meyer has over 10 years of professional experience in developing software solutions for process and factory automation. He holds a master of science degree in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in computer science (modeling distributed systems) from the Technical University of Munich (Germany). At present he is head of the research and development department at Gefasoft AG. He has published over 30 papers and several books on the subject
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