TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT‚ VOL. 13‚ NO. 6‚ 2002 ‚ 877 - 890 Quality management practices in a Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) environment Mohamed A. Youssef1 & Bassam Al-Ahmady2 1 2 Department of Management and Decision Sciences‚ Norfolk State University‚ Ver mont‚ USA & Faculty of Commerce‚ University of Ain Shams‚ Cairo‚ Egypt abstract The use of Flexible Manufacturing Systems‚ hereafter FMS‚ and quality management practices cannot be separated. However‚ most of the studies by
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industries‚ products are manufactured in a very similar way. The companies usually use the same amount of direct materials‚ direct manufacturing labor costs and manufacturing overhead costs (CliffNotes Study Guide‚ 1999). Industries that use process costing systems are for example: chemical processing‚ oil refining‚ pharmaceuticals‚ plastics‚ brick and tile manufacturing‚ semiconductor chips‚ beverages and breakfast cereals. The job order cost system is used when products are made based on specific
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for use $108‚000 Less Raw Materials Ending $(23‚000) Raw Materials Used in Production $85‚000 Direct Labor Cost $90‚000 Manufacturing overhead Manufacturing overhead cost incurred $44‚000 Indirect materials included in manufacture overhead costs incurred $8‚000 Manufacturing overhead cost applied to work in process $39‚000 Total Manufacturing Overhead $91‚000 Total Manufacturing Cost $266‚000 Add Work in Process Inventory‚ Beginning $9‚000 Less Work Process Inventory end $(13‚000) Cost of Goods Manufactured
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over how much labor and overhead is incurred to produce parts. In the early days of my career it was not uncommon for my manufacturing clients to have 25% of the cost of goods sold associated with raw material‚ another 25% or more associated with direct labor‚ and then someplace around the neighborhood of 10-20% associated with overhead. As technology advanced in the manufacturing area‚ and more and more manufacturers came under pressure to reduce cost‚ those numbers have changed dramatically and today
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The company of approximately 6000 in five manufacturing plants depended completely on traditional costing method. (2software.com) The manufacturing cost was killing the company quoted the manager of costing operations. The company was aware of the high cost of manufacturing but had to address the problem but needed to know what they actually were. (3software.com) Location of the Pratt & Whitney plants were all located in different housing/manufacturing functions-engineering (Montreal and Toronto)
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for the International Sale of Goods A chip off the new block Semicontronics is an Australian manufacturing company that has been in the business of semi manufactured electronics for over a decade. Semicontronics has a solid reputation for meeting customer demands for quality products on time and on budget. The majority of Semicontronics customers are international‚ mid-market manufacturing companies that produce generic electronics such as cell phones‚ digital media players and game consoles
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service using assurance and empathy. Issues involved in manufacturing operations include made to order operations which is when production on products does not start until a customer orders a product. Similar situations can occur n service operations such as when a restaurant does not make a customers meal until it is ordered. Another form of manufacturing operations is assemble to order operations which is when a manufacturer divides the manufacturing process into separate parts or modules that are combined
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In an automated manufacturing environment‚ what is basis of overhead allocating is frequently more relevant than direct labor hours? The basis of allocation of overheads is often with more relevant‚ in many automated manufacturing environments‚ machine hours is a more appropriate basis on which to allocate overhead costs. 4. What is generally true about overhead allocation
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different kinds of vehicles to provide mobility to people and goods. While they may appear to be simple machines‚ their design and manufacturing have much deeper roots in all the known technologies. In-depth knowledge and skillful application of mechanical‚ electrical‚ electronics‚ chemical and a host of other technologies culminate in achievement and improvement of the manufacturing base of a country‚ by focusing on a single product “the automobile.” This then provides an opportunity to produce a large number
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experience of technical staff actually connected with the manufacture and testing of Ayurvedic (including Siddha) or Unani drugs in the manufacturing premises is attached separately 4. We enclose a) A true copy of a letter from me/us to the manufacturing concern whose manufacturing capacity is intended to be utilized by me/us. b) A true copy of a letter from the manufacturing concern that they agree to lend the services of their competent technical staff‚ equipment and premises for the manufacture of
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