Zychol Case Study – 10% of Final Mark – Due January 21 2015 Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ in Houston Texas‚ is preparing his quarterly report‚ which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs is production data prepared by Sharon Walford‚ his operations analyst. The report‚ which she gave his this morning‚ showed the following: 2012 2013 Production (units) 4‚500 6‚000 Raw material used (barrels of petroleum by-products) 700 900 Labour
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a centralized corporate level Materials Management System to consolidate buying decisions for each of the 4 dealerships. This would facilitate greater leveraging with suppliers for consistent quality-control. They should study‚ calculate and make effective decisions on the materials that should be brought for each of the four dealerships instead of allowing each dealer to do it on their own. An automated EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) inventory management system that interconnects with each of
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Case study of Dupont: Marketing of “Disappearing” products. 1. What are the markets for Lycra? The market for Lycra is vast. It’s not easy to pinpoint a particular market as Lycra is being used by different manufacturers such as Wacoal‚ Liz Claiborne‚ Macy’s‚ etc. and they are targetting different consumers. In general‚ the market for lycra is the manufacturers of garments and retailers. Being specific‚ Its market are Baby boomers because as they are getting aged‚ they are gaining weight
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1. GENESIS OF ‘THE GOAL’ The Goal is about science and education. The author believes that these two words have been abused to the extent that their original meanings have been lost in a fog of too much respect and mystery. Science for him is not about the secrets of nature or even about truths. Science is simply the method to try and postulate a minimum set of assumptions that can explain‚ through a straightforward logical derivation‚ the existence of many phenomena of nature. For example the
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6/hour 6 orders x 4 hours = 24 orders Therefore Kristen can fill 24 orders each night. 3. How long will it take her to fill a rush order? A ‘rush’ order will still take 26min as this is how long the operations time is. None of the processes can be eliminated with rush orders therefore the operations time cannot be minimized. 4. How busy (utilization) will she be? With processing 24 orders each night over four hours‚ Kristen will be fully utilized with the time activated equaling the time available
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Compe&&ve Advantage from Opera&ons (GB 2314.00) Session 1: Introduc&on and Process Analysis Srikanth Jagabathula Quick quiz Three frogs are siNng on a log. One of them decides to jump. How many are leR? It ain’t over un&l it is over -‐Yogi Berra It ain’t done un&l it is done
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Case: Restoration project at Bennett Auto Sales and Services (BASS) Bennett Auto Sales and Services (BASS)consists of three car dealerships that sell and service several makes of American and Japanese cars‚ two auto part stores‚ a large body shop and car painting business‚ and an auto salvage yard. David Bennett‚ owner of BASS‚ went into the car business when he inherited a Ford dealership from her father. He was able to capitalize on her knowledge and experience to build her business into the
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What lead to the success of Galanz Company? Please analyses the company form the perspectives of competitive strategy and operations strategy? The early success of Galanz can be prescribed to its ability to deploy its resources in an effective manner and establish itself as a recognized brand in its domestic market through a consistent competitive strategy of Cost Leadership (Porter). The competitive strategy of Galanz is cost leadership which has resulted with increased market share by being aggressive
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II S tandard d eviation o f weekly d emand SKU service level WC219 $0.15 13‚000 WC008 1.20 22‚500 WC916 3.25 400 WC887 0.41 6;200 WC397 4.65 12‚300 WC654 2.10 350 WC007 0.90 225 WC419 0.45 6‚500 WC971 7.50 2‚950 WC713 1 200 1‚500 9 0 p ercent C urrent o n-hand inventory 3 5 calculators Scheduled receipts 2 0 c alculators Backorders Exhibit 12.13 ABC D ata f or Problem 3 3.75 calculators
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An operation is composed of processes designed to add value by transforming inputs into useful outputs. Inputs may be materials‚ labor‚ energy‚ and capital equipment. Output may be a physical product or a service. A metric used to measure the rate at which potential output levels are being met or used. Displayed as a percentage‚ capacity utilization levels give insight into the overall slack that is in the economy or a firm at a given point in time. Using the data provided in the case‚ we are able
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