OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT GROUP ASSIGNMENT MANZANA INSURANCE CASE ANALYSIS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE ANALYSIS Case Background About the firm Manzana Insurance was founded in Sebastapol‚ California in 1902. It originally specialized in orchard and farm insurance. In 1906‚ after the San Francisco Fire‚ it saw an opportunity and expanded into a number of areas. The main lines of business initially were Commercial property insurance only. Then Manzana dabbled into commercial liability segment
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for 100‚000 units‚ but if the order doesn’t arrive‚ we would have to put the workforce on hold. We can’t afford to carry large inventories.” With that advice‚ he needs to find a way to increase capacity while staying flexible and minimizing expense‚ which is much easier said than done. Increasing capacity is a challenge because of the weather affecting drying times as well as worker productivity so estimating how long it takes to make a finished product. The hot‚ humid summer days take a toll on
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RICE MILL 1.0 INTRODUCTION Paddy or rice grain consists of husk and brown rice. Brown rice‚ in turn‚ contains bran which comprises the outer layer and the edible portion. Rice milling is removal or separation of husk (dehusking) and bran to obtain the edible portion for consumption. The process has to be accomplished with care to prevent excessive breakage of the kernel and improve recovery of paddy or rice. The extent of recovery during milling depends on many factors like variety of paddy‚ degree
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Possible Ratios: Production to employees‚ Revenue per employee‚ Managers to employees‚ Inventory levels to employees‚ Number of customers or customer orders to employees‚ Labor costs to all production costs‚ The percent utilization of production capacity to
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Chapter One The first chapter gets the reader acquainted with Mr. Alex Rogo and his apparent problems with his production plant. This is shown through a confrontation between Mr. Rogo and his boss Mr. Peach‚ the Division Vice President. The dispute is over an overdue order #41427. Through their conversation it’s learned that Mr. Peach will not settle for anything less than the order being shipped today‚ and since the plant is neither productive nor profitable‚ Alex has three months to show an improvement
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APL’s offer • Option 2: Become an independent contract manufacturer. • Option 3: Rebuild the “MKG” brand. DECISION: KCPL should work on reviving its brand. ACTION PLAN: KCPL has to work on technology upgradation‚ increasing capacity utilization and managing a efficient workforce. It also has to improve its brand image and target new profitable markets. CONTINGENCY PLAN: As a contingency plan‚ KCPL can accept the offer of APL. 2. MAIN REPORT 1. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
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matched with the average lead time of 0.39 hrs. Capacity Determination: Initially we had one machine for every station and the throughput rate was assumed to be equal to the average job arrival rate per day i.e. 3.06 jobs/day. The average utilization for each machine was calculated from the given data. After knowing the average utilization‚ service rate (capacity) for each machine was calculated using the following formula: Service Rate capacity=Average ThroughputNo.of Machines*Average Utilization
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1 1.0 INTRODUCTION Sugarcane Juice is a Marketing idea that deals in product. Our product is sugarcane juice in tetra pack packaging. Sugarcane juice is widely used in summer season because it is good in taste andlow in cost. But problem with this is that it can’t be prese rved for longtime. In Bangladesh nocompany has launched sugar cane juice till now in tetra pack. The methodology used inBangladesh is quite old and so many people don’t go for this sector because the risk of
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FRUIT PROCESSING 1.0 INTRODUCTION Fruits are an important source of energy for human-beings but they are perishable items. Hence since many years various products are made from juice of fruits so that they can be consumed during off season as well. Products like jam‚ jelly‚ squash etc. are made from fruits since long. With the advent of technology and preservatives‚ shelf life of such products has gone up and they can be preserved for many months with proper packing. The proposed location of this
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and diplomatic status to this office. The mission of the office as set down in the Agreement was to: 1. Monitor MGB’s activities in Argentina; 2. Develop research programs with national and regional institutions in order to strengthen the capacity of the said institutions and to contribute to the elaboration of national and regional policies in MGB’s research fields. 3. While the Agreement allowed MGB to undertake a broad scope of activities‚ its initial staffing and funding for the first
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