Statement of the Problem X-Opoly rapidly became a popular board game even though it replicated Monopoly’s concept. The owners had not expected the sales to increase so quickly. Therefore, X-Opoly’s assembly line was not properly set up to finish production of projects. Although, X-Opoly had become a success, they faced various problems. Employees are required to use their personal computers to complete company work, which limits access of designs throughout the company. This makes it difficult to transfer designs from one department to another. Also, the segregation of duties between departments is hectic, primarily in the printing and cutting departments. With the sudden increase in sales, X-Opoly appeared to be short staffed. This has hindered them from completing projects in a timely manner. The assembly line has too many procedures that are not labor efficient. Therefore, the owners must make so changes to improve and maintain the success of the company. …show more content…
No real thought was given for future growth when building the assembly line, causing bottlenecks. Additionally since orders may range from several hundred to several thousand units flexibility must be built into the production design. The nineteen stations used by X-Opoly do not give the ability to successfully produce both volume and variety. With such a wide range of production orders, both permanent and temporary production lines may be looked at for both lifecycle and process improvement. The service process includes the product design element for the customer. Since this can also take any were from hours to weeks it too must be addressed. This is part of the R&D stage and many variations are developed, prototyped, and analyzed. Possible
In today’s operational management arena, there are certain expectations from a managerial aspect that must be met in order to be successful. A comprehensive look at the Space Age Furniture Company will show exactly what the Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) calculations are for this company at present time and then take the information given in order to properly suggest ways to improve the sub-assemblies. In addition, there will be an analysis on the trade-offs between the overtime and inventory costs. A calculation will be made on the new MRP that will improve the base MRP. This paper will also compare and contrast the types of production processing to include the job shop, batch, repetitive, or continuous, and determine which the primary mode of operation should be and exactly why. A detailed description on how management can keep track of the job status and location during production will also be addressed. Finally, there will be a recommendation on they type of changes that need to occur that will be beneficial to the company and at the same time add value to the customer. This paper will conclude with summary of the major points.
In the 1920’s the United States economy was booming, and a famous man by the man of Henry Ford came along and had an industry changing idea. He set up the first production line style for producing automobiles. Each assembly line worker had one or two specific tasks to complete on the cars that came through. The process began with a skeleton on the car, and as it went down the line from worker to worker it slowly gained more and more pieces finishing the automobile completely...
In addition, on day 105, the reorder quantity was 13,200. This approach was effective as it increased the number of inventory kits available for production. In total, the company used $2,059,000 to increase its inventory levels. The increased inventory levels and the readjustments of reorder points enabled the factory to increase the number of jobs accepted each day as well as to reduce the number of jobs waiting for kits. In addition, there was a high number of kits queued at station one from day 80 which was accompanied by increased utilization of station one. Besides, we were able to reduce the lead time for all the orders and this enabled the company to increase its revenues.
According to E. Sachs two needs, which are key to industrial productivity and competitiveness, are the reduction in time to market for new products and the flexible manufacture of products in small quantities [1]. A factor that contributes to the product design process is the development of prototypes, defined as a base model that can be tested and exhibits characteristics that can only be seen only when there is a physical product. This stage also allows clients to test ideas and provide feedback, which can enhance the final product.
As Adam Smith eloquently points out in his Wealth of Nations, the division of labor in the creation of a pin dramatically improves efficiency in that process; rather than one worker creating a pin from start to finish, ten workers divide the process of creating a pin and can produce, say, one-hundred times as many pins as the solo-worker would have been able to in the same amount of time (Smith 2). Adam Smith’s simple, yet profound observation on the drastic impacts of the division of labor was certainly a precursor to the development of an assembly-line method of manufacturing. According to Smith’s idea of the division of labor, a group of workers would work together to produce a final product with each worker performing a single task repetitively. This would minimize the lost time from switching from one task to the next and thus increase production
Chapter 7: Mass customization of products has become a common approach in manufacturing organizations. Explain the ways in which mass customization can be applied to service firms as well.
This game was an important tool on showing how a business must adapt to new situations and react to market changes. We learned how difficult it is to pick a strategy and implement it into the dynamic market.
Materials go to the factory → products come out and go to customers → companies do consumer research → companies do design of product + service and re-design → then it will affects three parts 1) materials; 2) processes; 3) product. As a result, it will improve the process.
The industry forces workers to toil long hours for minimum wage the adopted assembly line method, and has played a key role in keeping ...
Throughout the history of modern civilization, there have been a number of inventions, contraptions, and processes to have made profound impacts on everyday life, and redefine the world, as we know it. With effective quality management, measures American industrialist and innovator Henry Ford used the assembly line to streamline the automotive manufacturing process and transform the American Industry. With the implementation of the assembly line in his manufacturing process Ford was able to offer the American consumer an affordable automobile, while at the same time cutting costs to his company, therefore maximizing his overall productiveness and profit while ensuring his customers’ needs were met.
One of the Xerox’s response strategies to solve the problem is engineering needed to develop new products and services to offer for their customers. This will increase the attraction of customers to buy and insist using their products. Development of new products and services time to time can be said that they are a lifeblood of all businesses. The main reason to develop new ideas and offering to their customers is competitive between company and other competitors. Both of them are just want to re-emphasize their products and services are better than competitors and provide greater benefits to customers. Company also need to improve its sales and increase its product portfolio so that the customers can choose the product from portfolio. For instance, Xerox announced a new service is retail focused-service which is helping to reduce the costs and stocking delays, improve fill rates, enhance cash flow, reduce printing and give more time to vendor to spend with their customers (8 April,
Toy World has been facing two basic issues, as follows. The first one is if it has to change to a monthly production level. The second area of concern is the financial arrangement with the bank. These two points are analyzed in detail here in this paper. Finally, I have suggested some recommendations for the issues that I have mentioned above.
“The Goal” is a book talking about challenges and problems that can face any plant manager. The story style used was very useful. I enjoyed the reading and gain more knowledge about the manufacturing operation. Many concepts and definitions were introduced such as the goal of any company and the its three measurements which are throughput, inventory and exponential expenses. Also, bottleneck and non-bottleneck resources.
The XYZ Corporation was established in 2004 and their main office is located in Vancouver, BC. The company’s main objective is to create new innovating technology for media devices, computers, and digital music players. They deal with the design, manufacturing and marketing of the products. XYZ Corporation has been providing Canadians with groundbreaking technology throughout the years and continues to create new technology to provide others with top-level technology. Although, recently their success rate has appeared to drop rapidly due to a number of factors that will be explored throughout this case study. Their main objective is to target the problems so that they can work towards having the issues resolved as quickly as possible. If they do not take any course of action, the state of the company may be in extreme danger. This case study is designed to explore the areas of the company and discover the problems blocking the XYZ Corporation from success.
Until recently, Ford Motor Company was in possession of most of the production and distribution of all materials and parts needed to produce cars. Ford Motor Company owned everything from steelworks needed for the frame of the car down to the rubber farms needed for the tires and hoses. Ford Motor Company even retained railways so that supplies and finished cars could be transported to their intended destination (Muthusamy, 2014). However, owning all the supplies in the world would be ineffective if the company was not capable of using its resources in the appropriate manner. For that reason, Ford Motor Company revolutionized the Industrial Era with its concept of the assembly line which would enable it to dominate its industry for a long