int. j. prod. res.‚ 2001‚ vol. 39‚ no. 16‚ 3561±3600 A review of agile manufacturing systems LUIS M. SANCHEZy and RAKESH NAGIy* About a decade ago‚ the agile manufacturing paradigm was formulated in response to the constantly changing `new economy’ and as a basis for returning to global competitiveness. While agility means di erent things to di erent enterprises under di erent contexts‚ the following elements capture its essential concept: agility is characterized by cooperativeness and synergism
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production Analyse tools and concepts that have to be applied in order to become a lean operating organisation and evaluate how and in which functions these tools can be used and Investigate how important the lean philosophy and management behaviour are as well as related implementation issues. This lean survey first describes the philosophy‚ the tools and the supporting management behaviour to successfully implement lean manufacturing and continuous improvement. As shown‚ lean is not simply a set
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LIFE CYCLE COSTING Question 1 Solaris specializes in the manufacture of solar panels. It is planning to introduce a new slim line solar panel specially designed for small houses. Development of the new panel is to begin shortly and Solaris is in the process of determining the price of the panel. It expects the new product to have the following costs. Particulars | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Units manufactured and sold | 2‚000 units | 15‚000 units | 20‚000 units | 5‚000 units |
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Answer 1. What do you think has been the contribution of the marketing function‚ the product design function and the operations function to the success of Swatch? Swatch is a good example of the way three sets of competitive abilities in a company relate to each other. The three key contributions to Swatch’s success (or the three important micro operations) are • the way they have developed their products and services. • the way they have positioned themselves in their market. • the way
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Why might it be difficult to develop a manufacturing cell? Support your answer with examples. Cellular manufacturing is a manufacturing process that produces families of parts within a single line or cell of machines operated by machinists who work only within the line or cell. A cell is a small scale‚ clearly-stated production unit within a larger factory. This unit has full responsibility for producing a family of like parts or a product. All necessary machines and manpower are enclosed within
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Activity-based Costing (ABC) An activity-based approach refines a costing system by focusing on individual activities as the fundamental cost objects. It uses the cost of these activities as the basis for assigning costs to other cost objects such as products or services. There are four levels of a cost hierarchy: 1- Output unit-level costs: costs of activities performed on each individual unit of a product or service. 2- Batch-level costs: costs of activities related to a group of
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each product but must be ‘shared’ between all of the items produced by a business. There is more than one costing method that can be used to apportion these costs and‚ therefore‚ there may be more than one answer to the question: ‘How much does a product cost to produce?’ contribution costing method that only allocates direct costs to cost/profit centers not overhead costs. This approach to costing solves the problem of how to apportion or divide overhead costs between products – it does not apportion
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They are only few in the company which gives them heavy loads of work. Volta designed electrical system and sold equipment‚ components and parts for the system * In the industry they are into‚ they have many competitors and most of them are giant companies. Though in 1991‚ industry sales were estimated P700million‚ P400million from Volta line. Volta has received the electric equipment giant’s Top Quality Award * At first they didn’t have the capability for manufacturing‚ installation‚ and commissioning
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Topic: “In a news article titled‚ Shifting Gear: Chrysler Gains Edge by Giving New Flexibility to Its Factories (WSJ‚ 04/11/2006) presented the benefits and case for flexible manufacturing. Comment on the advantages and disadvantage of flexible manufacturing? Comment on the scope economies presented in the news article? What does the existence of such economies imply about the production of autos in growing fragmented market? “ In the news article‚ “Chrysler Gains Edge by Giving New Flexibility
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2009 Accounting Cycle Description Paper An organization’s accounting information system includes collecting information then dividing the information into cycles. This paper will identify the five accounting cycles and specifically how Riordan Manufacturing uses the expenditure cycle. The strengths and weaknesses of the internal controls related to the expenditure cycle will be examined. This paper will explain how to integrate the expenditure cycle into an enterprise-wide accounting information
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