GD Goenka World Institute Trans European Plastic A Case Study Module Name: Managing Services and Manufacturing Operations [Module Code: GMSI580-2010] Module Leader: Mr. Ashutosh Khanna [12/3/2010] By: Group Members Dippul Singal Gaurav Singh Neha Choudhary Samrat Basu Shaifi Verma Vineet Vijayraghavan Case study Trans-European Plastics The case study talks about the problems faced by the Europe’s largest manufacturers of plastic household items‚ producing over 500 products
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Trans-European Plastics (TEP) is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of plastic household items. Its French factory makes a range of over 500 products that are sold to wholesaler and large retailers throughout Europe. The company dispatches orders within 24 hours of receipts using an international carrier. All consumers would expect received their requirements in full within one week. The manufacturing operation is based on batch production‚ employing 24 large injection molding machines. Mould
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Compare and contrast the challenges experienced in fulfilling customer requirements in Trans-European Plastics and New Supply Chain strategies at old M&S (20 marks) (b) Discuss possible solutions with regards to analysis of performance factors such as cost‚ quality‚ speed‚ dependability and flexibility and ‘order winners and qualifiers’. (30 marks) 4. (a) elaborate on the following: Trans-European Plastics: Issues with dependability‚ distribution issues‚ storage space‚ implications for inventory
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uses‚ you can create products and processes that are well adapted to life on earth. Perform well: In nature‚ if a design strategy is not effective‚ its carrier dies. Nature has been vetting strategies for 3.8 billion years. Biomimicry helps you study the successful strategies of the survivors‚ so you can thrive in your marketplace‚ just as these strategies have thrived in their habitat. Save Energy: Energy in the natural world is even more expensive than in the human world. Plants have to trap
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Trans-European Plastics (TEP) is one of the largest manufacturers of plastic household items in England. (Slack‚ 2010) Their factories have the ability to ship products to its customers within one week. The manufacturing operation is based on batch production‚ employing 24 large injection-moulding machines. TEP has recently been faced with declining delivery reliability and backlog. Apparently resulting from ‘split batches’ where only part of a planned production batch is produced to overcome
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Case Study 2: Analysis of ECO-Trans Project Jose Rodriguez Sothern New Hampshire University Professor Steven Coleman Project Definition Astrid Varga‚ the project manager of ECO-Trans‚ a European-based company renowned for its efforts to cut down fuel cost and to reduce C02 emissions. The firm deals with the provision of “driver aide” systems that are used in land transport equipment such as trains‚ buses‚ and transport vehicles. The EC0-Stream company carries out the analysis of
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Cosmo Plastics Case Study Human Resource Management Cosmo plastics have had low production numbers within the manufacturing and research & development departments since new policies were implemented by so and so. The rules may have seemed reasonable on the surface but they have caused numerous problems with the workers and their supervisors. Since Cosmo plastics was growing so rapidly they were lacking in regards to rules‚ regulations and policies. This was a necessary step because policies
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begin‚ unemployment is an issue that is growing at a steadily rate. The Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion proposal promises to resolve this problem‚ yet‚ there are also other factors that bring a great deal of concern. Kinder Morgan‚ the company that is responsible for the pipeline‚ suggests that expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline can benefit employment heavily due to the fact that job will be created. Statistics from Trans Mountain stated‚ “According to Conference Board of Canada estimates‚ the
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The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is branded as a project that is going to increase revenues to 73.5 Billion dollars‚ employment‚ tax benefits‚ and return any farmland or wetland they disturb back to it’s place (Trans Mountain‚ 2014). Though‚ Trans Mountain is persuasive as to how the pipeline will protect the environment and indigenous people‚ and how the pipeline increases revenues. The company fails to mention the environmental damage that will be done when this pipeline is built‚ and the
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Inject Plastics Define the Problem: Is it the Inject Plastics’ best interest to terminate sales representative or not? Which of the 10 sales representatives should be terminated? Formulate Alternatives: Lay off / Terminate Sales Representatives |PRO |CONS | |Increase district’s income by 0.99% on commission from every
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