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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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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wood doors manufacturing‚ goal which will be induced by increases in profitability - necessary both for the financial survival in the immediate term and for the viability of an IPO planned for 2007. 2.What seems to be the immediate problem?Forefront Holdings consists in two different companies: Forefront Manufacturing and Forefront Contracting. For the last 15 year the financial situation were consolidated‚ but in 2005 when were divided it was discovered that Forefront Manufacturing was affected
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This particular case depicts the history and issues faced by a relatively small company active in the custom architectural millwork industry for the past 25 years. The new owners wanted the newly-acquired company to grow even further. The first few months seems to have been a success - Marcus spent a lot of his time with employees and customers‚ learning the field since he was‚ as mentioned in the text‚ an "outsider". However‚ keeping the company’s integrity and image intact was a priority. However
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Summary A simple definition of orgazational change is ‘new ways of organizing and working’ it is the process of moving from some current state to some future state that‚ whether planned or unplanned‚ compromises the unexpected and unforeseen as well as the expected. Questions like how does useful innovation happen in an organization or how do you encourage innovation are the questions faced by many organizations in today’s economy. Rather than survive as organization‚ there is a new strategy
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MARKET DISCIPTION FULL-SERVICE RESTAURANTS IN VIETNAM HEADLINES • Current value sales increase by 6% in 2009 to reach VND234.4 trillion • The number of outlets grows by 1% in 2009 to reach 79‚000 • Growth rates slow down in 2009 due to the economic crisis but demand remains high TRENDS • The overall performance of FSR in 2009 was positive given the economic crisis. FSR consumers are mainly affluent people in urban areas who are willing to pay more for good food‚ a pleasant ambience
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Case 2.8 1. David Robinson’s suggested compromise is to require Belot to increase the June 30th balances of the allowance for bad debts and inventory obsolescence to more normal levels‚ while allowing the company to use the “precise point estimates” for the other three discretionary accruals. It is appropriate because it will reduce the year over year increase in Belot’s operating income for the just-completed quarter from 140 percent to 103 percent just enough to keep Allen happy. 2. I do
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managerial skill was not as high as it is today. The system is still used in certain places where there are frequent changes in garment style but a low level of managerial skill. Figure 1 - A conventional bundle system. GMP Handout 2005 - Manufacturing Systems Source: ApparelKey.com 2 The Clump System Another system that has the same characteristics as the conventional bundle system is the ’clump’ system as shown in Figure 2. In Figure 2‚ a worker collects a clump of materials from the
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Manufacturing Perspective 9-21-2013 Operations and Supply Management Introduction Not only does the BMW Group produce the “Ultimate Driving Machine” but they also provide high quality financial services. The success of the company has not only relied on the excellent quality of the automobiles they produce but the financial services they provide their customers. Financial services are a key factor for success in today’s
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benefits of enterprise systems? What are the challenges of enterprise systems? There are four major systems that consist in the digital firm which is the supply chain management systems‚ customer relationship management system‚ enterprise systems and knowledge management systems. Enterprise system provide a technology platform where the organization can coordinate their major internal business process which include the key internal process of the firm‚ integrating data from the manufacturing and distributions
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