BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY‚ SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY (THE CASE OF ALFA LAVAL LUND AB) MSc in Business Administration Author Godwill Tapisi Mukonje MSc in Business Administration School of Management gota06@student.bth.se Supervisors Lars Svensson and Björn Ljunggren April 2009 Godwill Tapisi Mukonje‚ Master’s Thesis‚ BTH 2009 0 This thesis is submitted to the School of Management at The Blekinge Institute of Technology
Premium Strategic management Balanced scorecard Manufacturing
Introduction Baxter Manufacturing Company (BMC) is a leader in deep-drawn stampings and it has been in the market for decades. However‚ the recent technological developments in the industry have necessitated the acquisition or in-house development of an information system that enhances the performance of the company. The key management personnel at the company have been provided with the options to buy the software from an external vendor or to develop it within the company. The following paper
Premium System software Application software
[Type the company name] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.‚ The Semiconductor Services Company | | | | | | | | | | | | [Type the company name] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.‚ The Semiconductor Services Company | | | | | | | | | | | | STUDY QUESTIONS Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 1. Explain the “foundry model” that TSMC carved out in the semiconductor industry. How does it differ from the conventional
Premium Manufacturing Broadcom China
Introduction In plastics mechanized marketplace‚ Riordan Manufacturing is a universal head. The company has services in Albany‚ Georgia‚ Pontiac‚ Michigan‚ Hangzhou‚ China and San José‚ California. $46 billion are the roughly annual income of Riordan’s project. In 1992‚ the company starts actions with the company’s prime purposeful Human Resources Information System. The present scheme is component of the economic schemes parcel that follows the worker information. Latest examination of the existing
Premium Human resources The Troubles
You’re the security chief at a manufacturing company that makes small metal hand tools. The plant employs roughly one hundred people. Management has told you that many tools have disappeared. According to company records‚ the plant produces approximately fifty thousand per day‚ but far fewer are actually being shipped out. After double-checking the figures to ensure their accuracy‚ you have concluded that pilferage is the only possible explanation. A meal detector positioned at the employee exit
Premium Employment Manufacturing
Introduction to Standard Costing Standard costing is an important subtopic of cost accounting. Standard costs are usually associated with a manufacturing company’s costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead. Rather than assigning the actual costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead to a product‚ many manufacturers assign the expected or standard cost. This means that a manufacturer’s inventories and cost of goods sold will begin with amounts reflecting
Premium Net present value Rate of return Time value of money
Ethical 1 Is it ethical for a manufacturing company that wishes not to be identified as the sponsor of a mail survey to invent the name of a fictitious research company and print the name on the letterhead paper used for the survey? I do not think it is ethical for a manufacturing company to invent a fictitious research company. I think 3 things that are not good can come from it. The first thing is the manufacturing company might not have the expertise in surveys. Second is there a point to the
Premium Research Scientific method Productivity
change management (SCM) is active in many organizations today. The purpose of SCM is to maximize the company value in order maintain a competitive advantage in the market place. As an Operational Managers (OM) it is essential to oversee the supply chain within an organization. The OM responsibility is to manage the supply chain flow‚ and to ensure the supply chain has a quality design in order to reduce cost and drive efficiency. (Reid & Sanders‚ 2010) An organization supply chain includes activities
Premium Supply chain management
June 2002 Printed in U.S.A. The Association Between Activity-Based Costing and Manufacturing Performance C H R I S T O P H E R D . I T T N E R ‚∗ W I L L I A M N . L A N E N ‚† A N D D A V I D F . L A R C K E R∗ Received 20 May 1999; accepted 23 October 2001 ABSTRACT This study examines the association between activity-based costing and manufacturing performance. Results using a cross-sectional sample of manufacturing plants indicates that extensive ABC use is associated with higher quality
Premium Activity-based costing Management accounting Cost accounting
SUMMARY American companies want to reach the level of Japanese companies on business success. Japan has its own style of management‚ consisting of four main points. From America is the political pressure on Japan to more imports of goods and investing money in American industry. The result is a clash of two styles of managements. PROBLEM Difficulties in applying Japanese management techniques to the American employees. CAST OF CHARACTERS a. CEO 2M Mr.Yoshi Hajima b. Japanese model of management
Premium Management Model Japan