Miltiadis A. Boboulos Manufacturing Processes and Materials: Exercises Download free ebooks at bookboon.com 2 Manufacturing Processes and Materials: Exercises © 2010 Miltiadis A. Boboulos & Ventus Publishing ApS ISBN 978-87-7681-695-7 Download free ebooks at bookboon.com 3 Contents Manufacturing Processes and Materials: Exercises Contents Summary 6 Question 1: Non-conventional manufacturing processes 7 Question 2: The Electro-discharge Machining (EDM)
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Introduction Forefront Wood Products is a producer of high quality wooden door-sets based in China. The company faces significant operations issues resulting from its processes and culture. As a consequence‚ the company struggles to be profitable. Forefront’s parent company‚ The Forefront Holding plans an initial public offering (IPO) in 2007. To solve all the problems and to prepare the company for the upcoming IPO‚ Forefront hired a new operations manager with the task to turn the factory around
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Green Manufacturing & ISO14000 -Abhishek.V -Ankit Puri -Venkatesh Kumar Green Manufacturing Disturbing? Disturbing? Disturbing? Introduction • Manufacturing plays a very strategic role in an organization‚ especially to build competitive advantage and improve performance. • With rapid changes in technology‚ customer needs and globalization‚ manufacturing itself is constantly transforming and evolving. Goals.. “To prevent pollution and save energy through the discovery and development of
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Dr. Tim Brueggemann MBA54001OL Date 10/05/2011 Situation Baxter Manufacturing Company (BMC) is a metal stampings company. Its major customers include‚ Ford‚ General Motors‚ Honda of America‚ General Electric and Whirlpool. The company is made up of two divisions it makes brackets and other components that go into the finished product‚ they also make motor casings. BMC employees about 420 non-union employees and has been steadily growing for the last 6 years. They have been approached to
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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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Riordan Manufacturing FIN 370 February 2013 University of Phoenix Riordan Manufacturing Riordan Manufacturing is a global manufacturer with projected annual earnings of $46 million. The parent company Riordan Industries Incorporated is a Fortune 1000 enterprise. The company specializes in manufacturing plastic beverage containers‚ custom plastic parts‚ and plastic fan parts. Manufacturers from the automotive‚ aircraft‚ appliance‚ as well beverage makers and bottlers are major customers. The
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Case Study: AirTex Aviation (Textbook p. 246) Suggested practice/discussion questions: Group Presentation 1. Did AirTex need a new control system at the time of takeover? 2. Evaluate the control system that Frank and Ted implemented. Class Discussion 3. Should anything have been done differently? Case Study: AirTex Aviation “Hello‚ Sarah. This is Ted Richards.” Ted was on his way to resign from his job. He and his business partner Frank Edwards had just bought AirTex Aviation‚ a floundering
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Executive summary L’Oréal is the world leader in cosmetics‚ is well underway in implementing an integrated operations management solution across all its factories and offices worldwide. L’Oréal feels this positions the company as a leading global IT user‚ both in terms of technology and user-friendliness. To reap benefits early‚ while reducing risk and cost‚ L’Oréal has implemented OM decisions in an integrated manner‚ site by site‚ using a common “core” model. This model
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Green Manufacturing: An Inconvenient Reality Are you turning green at the thought of going green? Like it or not more environmental regulations are on the way‚ and manufacturers who don’t jump on the green bandwagon may be left behind. For every unseasonably warm day this year‚ the noose around manufacturers’ necks to produce environmentally friendly products gets tighter and tighter. Need evidence? Consider this: In 2004 the business sector shouldered 65% of environmental regulatory costs‚ with
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of the client ’s business and operations. Consideration should be given to reading available financial information regarding the prospective client such as annual reports‚ registration statements‚ Forms 10-K‚ other reports to regulatory agencies and income tax returns. 2. Inquire as to the general reputation of high ranking employees‚ influential directors and shareholders‚ as well as the entity itself. Carefully consider any matters that may negatively reflect on management ’s integrity‚ ability
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