Running head: CROSBY MANUFACTORING CORPORATION Case Study Chapter 12 – Crosby Manufacturing Corporation Abstract Next to first-hand experience‚ case studies are one of the best ways to learn project management skills. In The Crosby Manufacturing Corporation case study‚ Harold Kerzner reports on the executive-level exchange between the company president and other department heads regarding a new Management Cost and Control System (Kerzner‚ 2009). This paper will give
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Case Study Crosby Manufacturing Corporation “I’ve called this meeting to resolve a major problem with our management cost and control system (MCCS)‚” remarked Wilfred Livingston‚ president. “We’re having one hell of a time trying to meet competition with our antiquated MCCS reporting procedures. Last year we were considered nonresponsive to three large government contracts because we could not adhere to the customer’s financial reporting requirements. The government has recently shown a renewed
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Dennis Crump Jr. Business 375-Project Management Week 8 Assignment 2 Professor Frank Mitchell March 2‚ 2013 Compose a synopsis of the case‚ using a maximum of 120 words. The president of Crosby Manufacturing Corporation Mr. Livingston called a meeting with the department managers to resolve an issue they have. The issue is with the management cost and control systems (MCCS). The goal of the meeting is to update the current MCCS and
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discuss major problems with management cost and control system (MCCS) a. Antiquated MCCS reporting procedures made Crosby Manufacturing Corporation a nonstarter of sorts for three large government contracts because they were not capable of adhering to the customer’s financial reporting requirements 2. Crosby Manufacturing was $250-million-a-year electronics component manufacturing firm in 2005‚ when Wilfred Livingston became president a. First goals towards obtaining large government contracts
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MEMORANDUM TO: Richard Sullivan FROM: SUBJECT: Wriston Manufacturing Corporation DATE: June 9‚ 2011 Wriston Manufacturing Corporation (WMC) is faced with a Detroit plant that is no longer viable because of underinvestment‚ labour issues‚ and product-process mismatch. This has lead to low sales figures‚ low return‚ and high burden rates (as calculated by the company). The issues at the Detroit plant will be reviewed and options will be presented. A recommendation to address the Detroit
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OPERATIONS STRATEGY Ist Case Submission On Michigan Manufacturing Corporation: The Pontiac Plant Submitted to 12th July 2013 Submitted by Group 13 Nikhil Majhi 1111045 Overview of Michigan Manufacturing Corporation: Michigan Manufacturing Corporation’s Heavy Equipment Division (HED)‚ headquartered in Pontiac is a large scale manufacturer of axles (both on-highway and off-highway applications) and brakes
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for the synergistic benefits of Detroit’s products‚ and to recognize inherent manufacturing complexities‚ respectively. Issues Detroit’s production is unique when compared to other Wriston plants. Runs are typically lowvolume‚ involve significant set-up time‚ and vary significantly due to the sheer volume of different products lines‚ families and models. It is notable that the Detroit plant is the only plant manufacturing all three product lines: brakes‚ off-highway and on-highway axles; all other
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Philip Bayard Crosby. Mr. Crosby was a practitioner‚ writer‚ and philosopher of quality management. His works range from books‚ seminars‚ and Philip Crosby Associates‚ which has helped to change the ever growing companies in corporate quality. Philip Crosby was born on June 18‚ 1926 in Wheeling West Virginia to Mary and Dr. Edward K. Crosby. After graduating from high school in 1944‚ Mr. Crosby decided to become a hospital corpsman with the Navy. After two years‚ Mr. Crosby enrolled in college
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In determining the future of HED’s Detroit facility‚ it is important that we recognize the unique nature of the plant and its products and the differentiated role it plays in HED’s plant network. The Detroit plant‚ as an incubation ground for new products and a stable supplier of replacement parts for legacy products‚ has a different mission than that of the other plants. Its product mix‚ plant layout and production process embody the job shop model‚ where flexible resources are employed to produce
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By: 11 & 23 Discussion Topics • Biography and related works; • 4 Absolutes of Quality Management • 14 Points for Management • Quality Principles & Applications Philip B. “Phil” Crosby • Born: June 18‚ 1926 at Wheeling West Virginia • Died: August 18‚ 2001 (age 75) at Asheville‚ North Carolina • Cause of Death: Respiratory failure • Education: Undergraduate degree at Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine‚ honorary law degrees from Wheeling College and Rollins College‚ and an honorary
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