Agile Manufacturing In 1991‚ an industry-led study‚ sponsored by the United States Navy Mantech Program‚ and supported by the Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University in the United States‚ was conducted in order to originate a new paradigm for successful manufacturing enterprises. The report of that study‚ entitled “21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise Strategy”‚ coined the term “agile manufacturing” History of Agile Manufacturing The report which is entitled “21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise
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Case Study Summary- Superior Manufacturing Company The Company / Management / Competition / Strategy / Cost System ►The Superior Company has manufactured three industrial products: 101‚ 102 and 103. These have been supplied to other manufacturers in different proportions. Their share on the market in 2004 has been respectively 12% for 101 with a price of $24.5 per 100 pounds of product‚ 8% for 102 with a price of $25.8 per 100 pound of product and 10% for 103 with a price of $27.5 per 100 pounds
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15.769 Manufacturing Strategy Spring 2001 Second revision of syllabus Prof. Don Rosenfield: E40-419‚ 253-1064‚ e-mail: donrose@mit.edu Teaching Assistant: Melissa Falkowski‚ Office TBD‚ mfalkow@mit.edu Manufacturing strategy examines strategy for manufacturing and operations within the firm. The course will examine how manufacturing and operations can be used as competitive weapons. Traditionally‚ these areas have been viewed as narrow‚ functional areas‚ and management of them
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4D Scheduling; The Future of Planning? The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an understanding of the concept of 4D Scheduling‚ how and where it is used‚ whether it is currently of benefit to the construction industry and can it revolutionise planning in a positive manner for small‚ medium and large scale construction Projects. What is it? 4D Scheduling is a Programme which allows the Project Plan to interface with 3D software and build a live model which displays the Project
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consider Descartes’ rule of change. While the new scheduling system may bring only small changes now‚ what happens if the corporation continues making similar small changes to the detriment of its employees? What will those incremental changes do to the employees’ morale in the long run? 3. What are the potential effects of computerized scheduling on employee morale? What are the consequences of these effects for Wal-Mart? Computerized scheduling will cause employee morale to suffer. The higher
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OR PRACTICE SCHEDULING A MAJOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE GEORGE L. NEMHAUSER Georgia Institute of Technology‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia MICHAEL A. TRICK Carnegie Mellon University‚ Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania (Received February 1997; revision received May 1997; accepted July 1997) The nine universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) have a basketball competition in which each school plays home and away games against each other over a nine-week period. The creation of a suitable schedule
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Management Society Investment in Facility Changeover Flexibility for Early Entry into High-Tech Markets Cheryl Gaimon and Alysse Morton College of Management‚ Georgia Institute of Technology‚ 800 West Peachtree Street NW‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia 30332-0520‚ USA Gore School of Business‚ Westminster College‚ 1830 South 1300 East‚ Salt Lake City‚ Utah 84105‚ USA cheryl.gaimon@mgt.gatech.edu • amorton@westminstercollege.edu A model is introduced to analyze the manufacturing-marketing interface for a firm
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3.4 Three irrigation scheduling scenarios analysis 3.4.1 Irrigation scheduling scenarios setting There have been some water-saving irrigation field experiments conducted in the HID. Such as in the shahaoqu experimental station (SHQ) and shuguang experimental station (SG)‚ water-saving irrigation experiments on spring wheat showed that irrigation at jointing and heading for spring wheat‚ compared with four irrigations‚ could improve water use efficiency without affecting crop yield significantly (Dong
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Personnel Scheduling at United Airlines 1. T. J. Holloran and J. E. Bryn‚ “United Airlines Station Manpower Planning System‚” Interfaces‚ 16(1): 39–50‚ Jan.–Feb. 1986. Despite unprecedented industry competition in 1983 and 1984‚ UNITED AIRLINES managed to achieve substantial growth with service to 48 new airports. In 1984‚ it became the only airline with service to cities in all 50 states. Its 1984 operating profit reached $564 million‚ with revenues of $6.2 billion‚ an increase of 6 percent
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The presentation’’ How to spot a liar” by Pamela Mayer is a unique one to listen to‚ she pointed out all area that is necessary when making a research on situation like these case‚ she presented in her speech on how to spot a lire. She define the research work with some major point that was very important to observe when making research on situation like these‚ although her main focus in these paper was focus on corporate liars‚ which she said‚ have claim billion of dollar through corporate fraud
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