INTRODUCTION The operation plays key role in firms because it affects operation managers understand their customers and translate their customers’ needs into performance objectives. "In turn‚ the performance objectives (and especially the relative importance of each one) influence the overall operations strategy of the business". (Slack et al.‚ 2010‚) The reason is that managers can based on performance objectives to do decision because it is reflection of corporation strengths and weaknesses. This
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value-added society activities ‚ from sweat shop era to intellectual properties/ services era‚ we see the relevance to the vitality of Capitalism in many years to come. WHAT IS 5S? 5S is workplace organization methodology developed in Japan and primarily used in Lean manufacturing. The name comes from a list of five Japanese words starting with the letter “S”. Seiri – Sorting. Seiton – Set everything in order. Seisi – Shining or cleaning. Seiketsu – Standardize. Shitsuke –
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recreational vehicles‚ SUVs and related parts • Financial services – Provisions of loans to car buyers and car dealers • Others – Industrial vehicles (forklifts‚ etc.) The Toyota Production System • Revolutionized manufacturing industry • At its core is “lean” – a relentless drive to improve efficiency and eliminate waste • Beginnings of TPS were born out of necessity due to lack of resources in post-war Japan. Toyota Production System Key Main Concepts • SMED – Single Minute Exchange of Dies – Promoted
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OC14094 Measuring JIT Performance in Auto-suppliers industry in The United States Hsien-Ho Liao International Bachelor ’s Program of Agribusiness National Chung Hsing University‚ Taichung City‚ Taiwan Abstract The just-in-time (JIT) production system has been used in the United States for decades‚ often not to its full extent. Japan has also implemented JIT in many of their organizations both at home and in their manufacturing sites abroad. Many American companies that have adopted
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Give a brief description of the history of each firm of the United States passenger airline industry and Small package-delivery industry chosen pair‚ including the market share‚ sales levels‚ and profit for the last 5 years. II. Operational objective •Research each firm’s stated mission statement •Narrow that down yourself to an operational objective. For example‚ an operational objective for a large mass merchandiser may be "to establish and execute a global supply chain to minimize
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Ever since I can remember‚ I have been fascinated by the way things work‚ from dismantling and maintaining my own bike to modeling a lift for apartments as a part of a science exhibition; my curiosity was directed at unraveling the functioning of devices. Egged on by my parents and teachers and my innate predilection for science and technology‚ a mechanical engineering degree was the logical career choice. My under graduate program was a judicious mix of theory and practice. Subjects like Operation
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Case Three Herman Miller: A Case of Reinvention and Renewal Herman Miller is a high-end furniture store. It was established in 1905 as Michigan Star Furniture Company. In 1919‚ it was renamed to be Herman Miller and the name has stuck since. In 1942‚ Herman Miller produced its first office furniture‚ before that‚ Herman Miller only manufactured bedroom suites. Ever since‚ Herman Miller has been manufacturing high-end office furniture. In the 1950’s‚ Herman Miller expanded internationally and
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing‚ USA‚ Inc Case Analysis * Main and sub ideas of the case. The main topic of the case was the problems caused by defective or damaged seats. TMM USA’s seat problem was threefold. The first was the actual defects with the hooks and the damaged caused by cross threading by employees when installing the seats. This problem led to the second problem‚ which was the departure from the Toyota Production System (TPS) when dealing with the seat problem. Rather than fix the problem
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TMM Case Analysis By Taylor Abrams OPS-660 OPERATIONS‚ LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION Dr. Frederick Chen As Doug Friesen‚ what would you do to address the seat problem? Where would you focus your attention and solution efforts? There are many possibly issues and variables that could be causing the seat problem. As Doug Friesen I would first try to establish what the problem is and where it is coming from. Is it a procedural problem on the line‚ is it an engineering problem in relation
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Quality Management Prof. Sónia Dahab October 4th‚ 2012 Angelika Ojdana #988 Beatrice Lagrasta #995 Carolina Martins #928 Joana Nunes #882 Nicholas Vijverman #1139 Norma Greco #1143 1 Sakichi Toyoda was born in 1867 and in the 1900’s he founded the Toyoda group‚ a company focused on the production of looms for the textile business. In 1933‚ under the influence of his son Kiichiro Toyoda‚ who was more interested in automobiles‚ Sakichi opened a new division focused on car manufacturing.It was
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