Manufacturing Strategy – MBA 622 Instructor Prof. R.R.K. Sharma rrks@iitk.ac.in Office : FB326‚ Residence H.No. 643‚ IIT‚ Campus Kanpur – 208 016 COURSE OBJECTIVES Most of our students (B Tech and MBA) are engineers in various disciplines. It is natural that they develop their career in the “Manufacturing Function” of organizations they join. This course prepares them to take up the responsibilities as the “Manufacturing Chief” or the “Manufacturing Vice President” of the company. Briefly
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1. What is the status quo of the UK manufacturing? http://www.themanufacturer.com/uk-manufacturing-statistics/ SECTORS: Aerospace Industry: UK has 17% global market share (largest in Europe) This industry contributes about £11.4 billion to the UK’s GDP Turnover: £24.2 billion (2011) (Title: The Aerospace Industry‚ Author: John Bardens and Chris Rhodes‚ Last Updated: 20 November 2012) Automotive Industry: makes 1.58 million cars and commercial vehicles annually Turnover: £59 billion
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Project-Hybrid Cars Product: The #1 selling hybrid is the Toyota Prius Hybrid. Toyota is already on its third generation of the Prius. The gas/electric Prius hybrid retains its lock on this category for the fifth straight year. Despite lots of new hybrid models‚ the Toyota Prius’ 44 mpg (overall) is still the best in any five-passenger car. The interior is roomy and versatile‚ and the Prius has proven to be very reliable. Other Hybrid cars include the Honda Insight Hybrid‚ Toyota Camry Hybrid;
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It is one of the largest car manufacturers in the world and its headquarters are speeded through out the United States. GM is known as the sale leader from 77 years till now‚ and it sells and services under the brand names of Buick‚ Cadillac‚ Chrysler‚ GMC‚ Chevrolet‚ Vauxhall‚ Daewoo Holden‚ Opel‚ and Former GM automotive brands include Oakland‚ Oldsmobile‚ Pontiac‚ Hummer‚ Saab‚ and Saturn. GM operates in 157 countries and employee 202‚000 employees. It also produces cars and trucks in over 31 countries
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Why you Need a Car Cover Whether you own a brand new or a second hand car‚ you need to protect it from external‚ weather‚ and environmental elements. Your vehicle can get easily damaged by a lot of factors which is why you need to shield it with a car cover. If you want to maintain your vehicle’s look‚ get a high quality and durable car cover. Here are some reasons why you need a car cover. 1. Sun – Direct exposure to sunlight is never a good idea. The sun’s UV rays affects the paint finish of
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Car Buying Car Buying Yevonna Hartfield English 112 Car Buying Car buying should be an important and fun time. You get to try out all the new cars‚ see what you like and what you don’t like. It is very time consuming so you have to make sure you are ready for that. Doesn’t matter if is your 1st‚ 2nd‚ or 3rd car‚ it is still fun and you want to make sure you make the right decision. You want to make sure the salesman isn’t a grimy one and knows what he is talking about because you are
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A Brief Understanding of IBS ‐‐A Case Study of Toyota A Brief Understanding of International Business Strategy --A Case Study of Toyota by Peter LIU‚ peterliu@acculine‐mfg.com MSc International Business P14B45 International Business Strategy Lecturer: Dr Yee Kwan Tang Sponsored by 10 May 2010 Acculine Precision Manufacturing Company Tel: 0086-574-28887315‚ Fax: 0086-574-28875303‚ Web: www.acculine-mfg.com‚ email: info@acculine-mfg.com A Brief Understanding of IBS --A Case Study of Toyota Page
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Measuring Geographic Differences in Technical Change in the US Manufacturing Sector Ethan Lewis Final‚ 26 March 2004 I. Introduction A large and growing literature examines the influence of advanced technologies on the relative wages and productivity of different workers (for example‚ Doms‚ Dunne and Troske (1997) and Autor‚ Katz and Krueger (1998)). These studies are motivated by indirect evidence that recent trends in technological change‚ such as the dissemination of information technology
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international conferences and thereby network with experts from India and abroad. Recently‚ the Institute has taken steps to provide support to faculty to file for patents if the research is likely to fructify in a commercially viable product or process. During the last 5 yeas‚ BITS has seen a healthy growth in the amount of funding received from different agencies. While most of these are from government sector‚ the Institute through its existing collaboration with industries‚ is trying to have
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Toyota Management Planning In order to keep an organization flowing and to achieve the goals that are set-forth the management teams have to continually watch their planning processes. To make sure that nothing is missed in any of the steps the planning teams such as change management taking charge to monitor the growth is able to happen. For Toyota there have been some large changes going on over the past few years with the difficulties from the over-seas suppliers due to the tsunami then
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