Essays on Manufacturing Plant

If you’ve ever watched an episode of the FOX cartoon The Simpsons, you know that Homer Simpson, the father in the family, works as a safety manager in the town’s nuclear power plant. Several of the episodes poke fun at Homer’s casual attitude toward workplace safety, such as the one where he leaves his pet pig in his seat while he wanders around the plant, and the one where he puts on enough weight to qualify for the handicapped designation that will allow him to work from home – only to leave a small toy pushing the ...

Business organizations are expected to exercise CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), which involves undertaking business activities and using business practices that have benefits to the society. The use of environmentally-friendly methods of production and other business activities is one of the practices that demonstrate that an organization is socially responsible. Being socially responsible implies that a firm does not engage in activities likely to cause harm to the society (Marcandella et al. 138). Therefore, by establishing a new manufacturing plant, the company should not just focus on profit maximization, but should also consider how much the society is likely to ...

Introduction

Every product has a lifecycle that defines the impact it creates to the environment from the time of production, usage, and disposal. Life cycle assessment process assists in compiling and examining inputs and outputs of a product regarding materials and energy associated with its functioning throughout the life cycle. Life cycle assessment acts as an essential tool for decision support that helps policy makers and industries assess the cradle-to-grave of a product. The assessment analysis chemical production, material selection, design for environment and environmental impact, industrial ecology, and product lifecycle management (Yorzyk and Radzinski 1). The following paper assesses ...

According to Mittal, and Vikas (330), a business continuity plan is an outline that an enterprise develops about the core activities to undertake after an emergency or disastrous event happen to the organization. Let us take for instance when a company is faced with fire outbreak, the plan that it would write down to follow after the incident is a business continuity plan. It involves planning for the essential goods or services that the company can continue to offer for the market. It also sets up the departments that need to be operational as the company recovers towards the ...

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.

Answer 1

The car seat problem has incurred due to run ration of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Plant in USA that has resulted in a shortfall of about 45 cars in a single shift. Moreover, the cars were need to be completed before they could be shipped; therefore, off-line operations has become necessary. However, the major contributing factor to the problem is the car’s seat defect where the cars went on the company’s assembly line with all the defective seats. Moreover, there are two causes of car seat defects, i.e., flaw in materials and inappropriate ...

Functions of SCM

Buy: As illustrated in the twenty-eighth chapter, the manufacturing plant was forced to bargain with suppliers to increase the scale of orders. This move would benefit both the organization and the suppliers. Alex hoped that this move would bear fruit (pp. 234-236). Make: Al had trouble with making plans about production activities. In chapter twenty-one, the manufacturer found a solution to the problem that would prioritize production tasks. (Goldratt, 2004, p.184) Move: Chapter 2 features Al’s shipping issues that had economic implications on the plant. For the plant to improve its efficiency, shipping schedules had to be aligned ...

Part A:

The case that was tried in “A Civil Action” pertained to a case that was based on events that happened in Woburn, Massachusetts, (A Civil Action). The events that led up to the court case were the fact that six families filed suit against W.R. Grace & Co. due to the fact that their chemical plant that manufactured food-processing equipment had improper disposal of toxic chemicals that polluted the local ground water that flowed to the two local municipal wells, (A Civil Action). This improper disposal of these chemicals was believed to cause leukemia for several local residents, (A Civil ...

Section One

Design for manufacturing a concept that seeks to minimize the cost involved in manufacturing an item. As a concept in engineering, design for manufacturing also seeks to reduce the difficulty when manufacturing a product. The design for manufacturing concept is concerned with the reduction of the overall cost of production that results from parts that are used in the manufacturing process. In order to achieve this, the design for manufacturing concept seeks to minimize the complexities in the processes that might impede manufacturing operations by using common primary axes and datum features (Porter 2).

On the other hand, the design for assembly ...

Introduction

Absorption costing or full costing refers to a costing system that treats all the production costs, regardless of whether they are fixed or variable. On the other hand, variable, marginal, or direct costing refers to a costing system where the costs of production that vary with the output are essentially treated as product costs. If Patty wishes to show the maximum profit to the bank over the preceding two years period, she should present full costing or absorption costing because the profits determined by variable costing method are not proper and true. The reason why they are not proper and ...

Global and regional free trade

H &M ranks as the second largest in terms of world retailers. It is located at Stockholm in Sweden. Its main competitor in this industry is Zara, Top Shop and Gap among others. It is one of the firms that are categorized as the first component of “fast fashion”. H&M holds the primary objective of producing fast in a way that is cost efficient. This favors a vertical integration model of design. This is by producing, delivery and making sales in time. The reason that makes it apply this model is for it to enjoy the large market share in the ...

Management Discussion

There are various method of improving efficiency and effectiveness in an organization. One, an organization must learn how to reduce its costs and increase productivity. Two, an organization must have employees that are forecast. For the manufacturing company to move from Canada, it may improve its productivity but risk destroying its image in return. Transportation costs from Colorado to Toronto must be analyzed. The costs of relocation will be very high. Considering the fact that land itself will cost seven million dollars, the costs of relocation are bound to be very high. The management of the company must ...

Decision Making Skills

Asia Pulp and Papers is an established group in China (Asiapulppaper.com, 2014). They have recently opened their paper manufacturing unit in Bali, Indonesia. The unit is based up in the location in view of abundance of trees and lesser cost of labour. The company utilizes resources from Bali’s local suppliers and employs local residents of the island as the work force to work on paper making machines. The company invested good amount of its existing revenue in automating the process wherever possible. They have set-up the needed machinery in their manufacturing plant which turns pulp into paper. ...

A Case on Defective Chips

Abstract Maintaining a high level of integrity is one of the hardest parts of becoming a professional in the engineering field because there are literally a lot of avenues where one can make the mistake of intentionally or not intentionally compromising professional integrity and ethics for the sake of profit maximization. The objective of this paper is to discuss a case about a plant quality control manager choosing to a small percentage of defective electronic chips in the market instead of repairing or simply discarding them. After studying the different possible courses of action, that the plant quality control manager could have taken, it ...

Annual performance evaluations are often regarded as essential components of employee development. The mentioned performance review is prevalently geared towards balanced assessment of an employee’s performance coupled with fairness. Notably, employee evaluations elicited myriad concerns on the relevant systems that efficient and effective employee appraisal would rely on. The paper seeks to establish the relevant means of implementing effective performance evaluation processes. Prevalently, the mid-sized manufacturing plant initially based the evaluation on friendliness of an employee. The item of friendliness came to practice when the manager considerably awarded a medium rating on that scale. The evaluation emanated because ...

How good people make tough choices: Resolving the dilemmas of ethical living

Kidder’s book entitled as above makes interesting reading on what people encounter in their day to day lives as ethical dilemmas with tough choices of choosing or deciding between right vs. right. Kidder went to the extent of establishing an Ethics Institute inviting people to join a think tank for resolving the tough choices. It was while the author was interviewing in 1986 Barbara Tuchman, twice Pulitzer Prize historian, he was warned of imminent breakdown of public morality unable to make choices between two right ethical decisions an issue as serious as The Nuclear Threat, Environmental Degradation, The population ...

Background

Offshoring is a mode of outsourcing that means that some of the operations of the firm are carried out in a foreign country. Outsourcing is done to reduce the cost of production and get the best talent in another country. Many companies from the United States are offshoring their services because they want to prevent certain activities in the country or to overcome government regulations. However, the main reason for offshoring is to reduce labor expenses. Feasibility study is hence carried out to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of this type of outsourcing because manufacturing firms or companies have however realized that the ...

Problem Description covered in the article

The organizations in the automobile industry face a cut-throat competition on the International level. Every Industry resides in an echo system that has many contenders competing to cut cost, increase productive efficiency and reduce cost of products and services. Thus they are determined in offering attractive prices and rates to their consumers, customers and clients.

Problem’s Background Summary

Being part of the manufacturing industry a Tyre (and auto component) manufacturer is under tremendous pressure to from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to - Reduce production cost - Terminate activities that does not add value - Become more responsive to customer demands and ...

Executive Summary

This report begins with company’s mission statement and brief introduction. It proceeds to presenting a detailed branding, pricing and distribution plans. The major competitors of the company are categorized in inter- and intra-competitors and their strengths and weaknesses are highlighted. The differentiation strategy in relation to closest competitor is also presented in this paper. StarTech is presented as struggling to become market leader. The salient issues pertaining to macro-economic issues are also presented in this report. Three main market trends are mentioned in this paper as technology, status symbol and fashion. The marketing implementation strategy, for StarTech’s new ...

IMC Strategies for building the iPhone 5 brand

Introduction

Today, Apple has created a nice for itself in the world of mobile phones, music and computing. Having its sharp focus on innovation and technology, coupled with the vision of the late Steve Jobs and Tim Cook, Apple has established itself as one of the most respected and trusted brands in the world. Many analysts say that the ‘i’ in its iPhone, iPod and iPad stands for innovation! It is interesting to note that Apple has never invented any new products. Whether it is an iPod or an iPhone, it just reinvented the ...

TMD Machining, Inc is aimed at solving the rising need for high-powered machines. In 1995, when TMD Machining was established, material industry lacked in terms of quality and reliability in production. Stakeholders in American market failed to match needs of consumers with their own products leading to an outcry among consumers on quality levels needed. TMD Machining, Inc came into existence with a view of solving such problems as well as establishing a long market relationship that would benefit both customers and investors. TMD machining manufacturing plant for the mega-machine business is located in Plainwell, Michigan. This location serves as an ...

Introducing bicycles into a petrochemical manufacturing plant

Introduction Established in 1995, EQUATE is an international venture involved in petrochemical manufacturing, producing over 5 million tons annually of petrochemical products, marketed throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe (Equate.com). With close to 1,370 employees, EQUATE consists of 11 departments, each currently provided with 6 cars. As part of an on-going attempt to reduce the plant’s environmental footprints caused by the manufacturing process as well as related processes such as inter-plant transportation, the idea of replacing several vehicles with bicycles was introduced. Motorised transport is a significant contributor to environmental adversities. A one-kilometre ...

The implementation of CIM in a manufacturing plant

CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) involves all the range of product development and manufacturing activities using dedicated software packages to carry out all functions. It is an integrative tool which is capable of increasing the quality, productivity, and gives an organization a competitive edge over others. CIM has also been seen as a management technology which has made the possibility of achieving, in the future, a fully automated factory feasible. This is due to the fact that CIM allows an organization to fully control and integrate all manufacturing and design functions, thereby automating them. CIM therefore provides massive menu of possibilities involving numerous ...

Introduction

I choose a manufacturing company for this project. As part of the research team that examines work groups within my organization, I have to identify factors that will enhance or constrain group productivity in the organization. I would look at and evaluate essential issues so as to make sure unit cohesiveness and output. I watched firsthand how here in my present place of employment, a man was employed with completely no manufacturing experience and it certainly repressed the group. Everyone will have certain basic skills related to the manufacturing company so as to work in this environment. Not understanding thing ...

- Introduction Hyundai Motor Company is the Korea’s largest automotive manufacturer that established its direct investment in United States on April 2, 2002. The company invested $1 billion to establish an automotive assembly and manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) was later incorporated on April 12, the same year. However, the grand opening of the HMMA was initiated by the Hyundai KIA Automotive Group’s chairman and chief executive, Chung Mong-koo, and Alabama governor, Bob Riley on May 20, 2005. The HMMA plant consumed $1.7 billion to be established making it the ...

Executive Summary

There have been many proven supply chain management models that preoccupied the minds of manufacturing plant owners since the dawn of the industrial age. There is the traditional way and there is also various specialized way of supply chain system management. In this paper, the author delves on the Build to Order (BTO) model of managing a supply chain as opposed to the traditional one, focusing on the possible upcoming trends on the industries that rely on this production scheme, and on the future of the Build to Order supply chain system management as a whole. A thorough investigation in the ...

A. Develop a distribution pattern that meets availability and demand constraints and minimizes total shipping costs for Shuzworld, utilizing the appropriate decision analysis tool. 1. Submit a copy of the output from your decision analysis tool of choice. a. Explain why you chose the decision analysis tool you used. Shuzworld, a manufacturing company has a total of 3 production plants. In addition, they also have 3 centrally located warehouses, which also contain the most successful line of women’s shoes. The manufacturing plants were identified to be Shanghai, Shuzworld Hangzhou, and Shuzworld Fuzhou. As per the analysis which had been ...

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Executive Summary 3

Mission statement & Business Objectives 4 Management 5 Define the Industry 6 Products and Services Design and Development Market and Competition Marketing Strategy Executive summary Digital chair limited is a UK based limited liability company with Mark &Mary as the majority owners. Its main business is the manufacture and sale of smart baby car chairs that will be fitted with digital applications to ensure that the baby is meaningfully engaged and allow the driver to concentrate. It’s a start up business that expects to ...

AAFM’S approach to employment relations prior to the year 2005 and after the year 2005

All economies rely on the production of goods and services where these goods are then sold for profit. Most of these goods and services are produced by industrial plants where goods are manufactured or value is added to goods. For profit to be realized, optimum conditions are enhanced so as to be able to produce substantial quantities as possible. Among these optimum conditions, the human resource aspect is the most addressed. This is done so as to give the assurance that the workers are able to perform affectively and efficiently so as to meet the maximum attainable target. Employment ...

Introduction

Servo Engineering is a company that is going through a phase where low level employees are de-motivated and not performing to the level that is expected when self management is employed within a factory outlet. This case analyzes the compensation method, power of trade union and use of a qualified human resource manager to sort out the problems that are occurring in the workplace.

Self Managed or Semi-Autonomous Teams in Manufacturing

Companies are increasing efforts to employ teams as their fundamental organizing units which can be reflected that 80 percent of companies that have 100 or more employees tend to rely on teams and groups to complete eh everyday tasks ...

Executive Summary

Nokia is one of the leading brands in the whole world, and its main industry is the information and communication sector. Currently, it has engaged in sales in over 150 countries with about 130,000 employees in the countries where it has established its base. The company has managed to gain annual revenues of approximately 50.7 billion, generated by its main mobile technologies namely GSM and CDMA. The communication industry is growing very fast and the competition is rising among mobile phone providers. To cope with this competition, Nokia has managed to stay at the top of the game ...

Summary

The revised and third edition of the book, “The Goal” only proves its relevance in terms of the current principles in management, specifically in manufacturing. The scientific process shown by this book is that the authors are able to logically and consistently think about their problems and identify the "cause and effect" relationships between actions and the outcomes. In the process, these authors, Goldratt and Cox, have deciphered some organic principles which they used to make their manufacturing plant work.

The recurrent theme in the book is the understanding of the whys of things and how to achieve the ...

Achieving the Goal

The Goal is a captivating novel by Eliyahu M. Goldratt that presents the reader with the best policies to applicable for the successful management of an industrial plant. Goldratt’s method of conveying the message is unique since the book revolves around Alex Rogo’s life, which has numerous challenges from work at the UniCo manufacturing plant and from family responsibilities. The UniWare division for which Rogo is the plant manager has been experiencing problems for over some time to a point that Granby the business owner considers closing the division within six months. This causes Bill Peach the division vice ...

The expansion of Drotos Electronics, by building a new manufacturing facility in Mexico, has both positive and negative impacts. As an aspect of globalization, various factors influence this plan. They include: the increasing power of drug cartels, the immigration and labor laws, and the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA), among others, as highlighted herein. Besides, the paper gives an in-depth evaluation of the effects of this expansion plan on the environment and the people of Mexico and Latin America at large.

The immigration and labor laws

Establishing the manufacturing plant in Mexico has greater potentials of reducing the rapid immigrations into United States. The ...

Introduction

The Walter Widget Manufacturing plant risks the plight of being subjected to greater insurance premiums by its insurance cover Company. During this hard economic times that have been on a downwards trend, the impact of increased premiums would lead to crumbling financial muscles of the plant. The number of employees and the costs of production are likely to shoot thus agonizing any efforts made towards profitability. It thus means that diligent and carefully selected measures have to be undertaken for rectification of the situation. Therefore, the study adopted in this research paper is justified in trying to identify and enhance ...

Riordan Phase Three

Riordan has planned to shift its manufacturing plant from Michigan to Mexico to increase the manufacturing capacity and to serve increasing customer base. Company altered its supply chain design which is suitable as per new location. The change in manufacturing plant location require various changes in supply chain design and will have a great impact on existing domestic operations as well as international operations. Riordan is required to closely watch the trends occurring in domestic and international market. They should plan the changes in supply chain design based on the observations.

Domestic Trends:

Major trends, company can observe are in the field ...

Data security at each Riordan Manufacturing plant

Current status The current status of data security at each of the Riordan Manufacturing plant is not in place. The company has a wide collection of systems which are different but work together towards a common goal. For this reason, it is hard to manage data and worse still, it is hard managing the security of data. This is something that brings a lot of risks and inefficiency in handling data management tasks. Some of the issues that need to be looked into include access rights, data transfer mechanisms, and a universal format of data between the many plants and departments in ...

Background of the Case

In 2007, Peoples Company acquired a large manufacturing plant from Lexington, Inc. The new manufacturing plant was run by one of Peoples' subsidiary companies, Choice Manufacturing LLC. They built upon the acquired management team, diversified the client base and made significant investments in the plan. Choice Manufacturing LLC has consistently exceeded expectations for Peoples Company. Since acquiring the new plant from Lexington, they have been able to attract new non-Lexington types of manufacturing. They also considered taking the company public. Choice Manufacturing was the premier business until they ran into a cash flow crisis two and a half years later. They sought ...

Introduction

Globalization refers to the integration of economic activities with local and foreign companies competing in the host country. It involves the liberalization of the markets so that trade can be conducted freely. It brings in technological advancement into a country and the customer benefits greatly since the transaction costs have been reduced.

Globalization has led to the increase of multinational corporations in the world market due to the liberalization of trade policies and practices. The spread of globalization is based on the capitalist theory of free trade. With globalization there are winners and losers. The bilateral and multilateral trade agreements ...