Eastern Gear 1. What are the major problems being faced by Eastern Gear? The major problem’s Eastern Gear is facing is that they are accepting large orders to help pay their overhead‚ also‚ their sales group is not part of the business‚ there is no link between them and manufacturing. Their order entry is inefficient; the tolerance on products is not firm. The layout of their shop is set up to make mistakes and increased lead time has resulted in the need for an expeditor. Lastly‚ they are
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Eastern Gear Week Three Case Study Eastern Gear‚ Inc. Case Study 1. What are the major problems being faced by Eastern Gear? Eastern Gear is a manufacturing company that sells customized gears to their clients. Since the company’s operations began‚ it faces many problems; one of which results from the inconvenience of having a customer base consisting of small laboratories and manufacturers. This makes it so that a gear‚ once customized and sold‚ is rarely sold a second time (Schroeder‚ Goldstein
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Case: Eastern Gear‚ Inc. Q1. (Major problems) * Gears in most orders are small. The exact same gear is rarely ordered more than once. * Some deliveries of small orders are too late because of it took a long time before they were being produced. * Production sometimes has to be stopped because raw materials are not available or the design has still have to be clarified. (orders are not clear enough) * Production time is pretty high and therefore it is difficult to get the orders
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Summary The purpose of this report is to assist the production process of Eastern Gear‚ Inc. and increase the profitability of the company. Immediately after picking up large orders‚ Eastern Gear doubled their profit in the last quarter. However‚ there are some negative implications of this change in their strategy and it has caused their business to suffer. There has been some degradation in their production process‚ including increased production time and poor production quality. According to
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Eastern Gear‚ Inc. Is a manufacturer of custom-made gears located in Philadelphia and founded by Roger Rhodes. This company is having troubles shipping its orders on time due to large orders‚ the waste of movement taking the gears throughout the operations‚ changes requested by the customer after the order has been placed‚ no workflow is utilized and poor quality. The company has a total workforce of 50 employees‚ who are highly skilled or semiskilled; this proves that the company can make a high
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1.0 Introduction Eastern gear Inc. is a manufacturer of custom made gears ranging in weight from a few ounces to over 50 pounds. The gears are made of different metals depending on the customer’s requirements. Eastern gear sells its products primarily to engineering research and development laboratories or very small manufacturers. The president of Eastern Gear decided to accept a few larger orders for 100 gears or more. Although lower prices were accepted on these orders‚ they helped pay the
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Major Problems Faced by Indian Agriculture The major problems confronting Indian agriculture are those of population pressure‚ small holdings‚ depleted soils‚ lack of modern technology and poor facilities for storage. (a) Population Pressure: India has a huge population of over one billion and it is increasing at a very fast rate. According to 2001 census figures the over all density of population is 324 persons per sq. km. This is likely to increase further in future. This has created great demand
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Eastern Gear Case Study Eastern gear is suffering from many deficiencies. The company operates as a job shop style and this is inefficient to begin with. There are too many desks to cross to get material ordered and products rushed. There is a lot of wasted time with WIP sitting at work stations. The process design of the shop is inefficient. They also are lacking an organized quality control program. This has resulted in the doubling of production times and a six percent return rate on orders
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George Washington‚ faced many problems. It seemed as though the Westerners might abandon this new government‚ and the United States were afraid that their western territory might be taken away by the foreign powers. There was a possibility that the United States would break up into several small republics. Three main problems that might cause this are: export restrictions‚ fighting on the frontier‚ and the national debt. In 1789 the United States had to deal with many serious problems. First‚ the French
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distance which would lower expenses. This option is also positive because the products would be sent to wholesalers more quickly extending the wholesaler shelf-life. Lastly‚ Coors could build packaging plants which would allow them to ship to the eastern side of the country more efficiently. Each of these have the possibility of increasing
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