DDJ 3003 : MANUFACTURING PROCESSES CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION MANUFACTURING - derived from Latin It is converting raw materials into Products using machinery and operations through a well-organized plan It has the function of adding value. Discrete or Continuous products 1. DEFINITION OF MANUFACTURING 1. The application of physical and chemical processes to alter the geometry‚ properties‚ and/or appearance of a given starting material to make parts or products. 2. The transformation of
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less than wooden crate. Moreover‚using cardboard crates is more eco friendly than cutting trees and making wooden boxes and supporting an environmental cause helps firms improve their goodwill and eventually their sales. Similarly‚selling of milk‚first in glass bottles‚then in packets ‚then tetra packs and vending machines is all to reduce costs or improve their goodwill by innovating the mode of packaging. Tetra pack keeps the milk safe for months and is made of paper and can be recycled. Plastic
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INTRODUCTION Audi AG is a car manufacturing company founded in the year 1910 at Zwickau‚ Germany by a German engineer and an automobile pioneer named August Horch. In September 1921‚ Audi became the first German car manufacturer to present a production car‚ the Audi Type K‚ with left-handed drive. The left-handed drive then became popular because it gives better view of the incoming traffic. The company had been one of the leading brands in the car industry in the world for over a century and
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3.1 HyperXtrude simulations HyperXtrude is commercial software for simulation which was produced by Altair Inc. It is good at and special for die design and material flow in the extrusion process of metals and polymers. If the simulations are accurate enough for different profile designs and thermo-mechanical behavior of the billet materials‚ it is very important for die designers and production engineers to predict and reduce the cost of die trials. It is of very practical for producing balanced
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What’s better‚ mass produced or crafted beer? According to (http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/craft-brewer-defined) a craft brewer is “small‚ independent and traditional”. They have to produce less than six million barrels to be considered a craft brewery. Also from a financial point there is a difference to a mass producing beer brewery‚ an alcoholic industry can only have a maximum of 25% of the brewery. If they own more than this they are considered
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Warning‚ Pollution‚ Climate Change‚ Greenhouse effect are the terms familiar to us in relation to our environment and society; however what are the measures taken by our government to protect the environment. Environmental issues increasingly become important and closely tighten within our daily life therefore this paper attempts to look at the way from the Australian government protect the environment by using different method includes legislation; signing international agreement and financial assistance
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In contrast‚ a commercial airplane may take one and one-half to two years to manufacture once the order is placed. Mark and Todd have provided the following financial statements. Chris has gathered the industry ratios for the light airplane manufacturing industry. Page 89 You need: (Balance sheet – income statement –ratio analysis) QUESTIONS 1. Using the financial statements provided for S&S Air‚ calculate each of the ratios listed in the table for
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assignment‚ I have chosen Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Berhad or Second Automobile Manufacturer Limited Corporation as the organization of my choice. This organization is more widely known as Perodua. Perodua first emerge to the market on 1993 and is Malaysia’s second automobile manufacturer after Proton. Its first car is the Perodua Kancil‚ launched on 1994. It mainly manufactures small compact cars at very affordable prices and therefore does not really compete with Proton in the same market. It is not only
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MICRO ENVIRONMENT/ INDUSTRY ANALYSIS The environment which is close to business and affects its capacity to work is called micro or operational environment. Industry is a group of companies which offer same or similar product or services. These products and services are close substitutes of each other. It consists of: 1 Suppliers Supplier are the people who supply raw materials and required components to the companies. Increasing prices and reducing the quality of their products are potential
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Kranworth Chair Corporation produced a range of high-quality‚ trendy yet portable folding chairs. The company was protected by patents and had been enjoying sales growth. However‚ the company started experiencing changes in the environment‚ such as expiration of patents‚ having more competitors and even worldwide recession in the 2000s‚ resulting to a drop in profits. Kevin Wentworth‚ CEO and co-founder of KCC‚ decided to change their strategy from increasing quantity of sales to improving quality
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