Mattel has been criticized heavily for having to recall not once but thrice in 5 weeks 20 million toys manufactured in China with lead paint and/or loose‚ potentially dangerous magnets. Clearly Mattel does not have sufficiently tight quality control procedures in its supply chain to compensate for the extra risks of outsourcing to Chinese subcontractors and clearly there are design flaws in the toys with the magnets that could come loose. Although many observers give the company credit for responding
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Ice House Toys Case Study Khalid EL JARRARI Ice House Toys Index of contents Ice House Toys presentation I- Mail-Order Operation and prospects of change I-1 Capacity constraints I-2 Extension of the warehouse capacity I-3 Other ways to overcome capacity constraints I-4 The website impact on operations II- Long-term capacity planning issues III- Alternative purchasing policy IV- Overtime payment V- Appendixes
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My favourite toy Childhood memories are the best and most precious for everyone. I can still remember the most important things from my girlhood - my friends‚ the first travels‚ young parents‚ the first songs and favorite toys! Unfortunately I don’t have them any longer‚ but my memory sometimes brings them back and I return to these peaceful and happy moments in my life. Now‚ after so many years I can clearly remember my experimenting with the Lego constructor. I used to assemble
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be the demand for the toy. Then X follows normal distribution with mean μ = 20000 and standard deviation σ. Then P(10000 < X < 30000) = 0.95 P( X < 20000)=0.5 P(10000 < X < 20000) = 0.475 P( X < 10000)=0.025 NORM.S.INV(0.025)=-1.96 NORM.S.INV(0.975)=1.96 Z-score of 10000 =-1.96 Z-score of 30000=1.96 σ = (30000-20000)/1.96 =10000/1.96 = 5102 Standard Deviation of 5102 The graph above shows the distribution for the demand for the Weather Teddy Bear using Specialty Toys’ forecasts based off of
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MG327 Marketing and Society Mattel and the Toy Recalls Q1. Who are Mattel’s stakeholders? Who did Mattel cater to in the recall? What are the long-term implications of the stakeholder approach the company adopted? Stakeholders are the people‚ groups or organisations that have a direct or indirect stake in an organisation and can be affected by the organization’s actions‚ objectives‚ and policies. Key stakeholders in a business include‚ customers‚ employees‚ shareholders‚ government‚ suppliers
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Well‚ it’s that time of year when students are working on their toy design portfolios eagerly anticipating with wide-eyed wonder‚ all of the millions of job offers that will flood in once they are handed their gleaming toy degree‚ which‚ of course‚ is made of polypropylene with rounded edges to meet safety. Soon‚ as sure as gravity‚ reality will eventually kick in‚ and you’ll realize the portfolio you put together in college may need some tweaking‚ perhaps‚ even a complete overhaul. Yes‚ I know
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Introduction MillenniumMart is the convenience store of the 21st Century future‚ fulfilling a need that will continue to exist into the future - the need for speed. MillenniumMart will be the first fully automated‚ 24 hour convenience store that is more like an enormous dispensing machine than the traditional store. The company expects to capture market share by becoming the low cost leader in the convenience store industry by significantly reducing one of the primary expenses‚ which is labor.
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Case 3: Creative Toys Company The role of social system in the case was highly important because in the organization‚ The Creative Toys Company‚ all the people in it and their relationships to one another are mutually interdependent. This was evident in the case wherein in the transportation department‚ the eight members divided their work among themselves in order produce more toys. Thus‚ at the beginning‚ their department surpassed all other departments in production for 12 months. The
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SPIN MASTER TOYS CASE OF STUDY Question 1: In order to evaluate the two manufacturers Wai Lung (WL) and Wah Shing (WS)‚ we use the weighted point method. (Trent p.24). The advantages of this methodology include the ability for the firm to include numerous evaluation factors and assign them weights according to the organization’s needs. (Khaled‚ Sanjoy p.3). We allocate an amount of “weight” to the different criteria based on importance. We choose the following criteria to select the supplier:
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|Chapter | | |1 | | | |Competing with Operations | Discussion Questions 1. Answering this question demonstrates that processes underlie all of our jobs
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