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Baseball Production Process Essay

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Individual Project I
1) The product that is being produced is the Major League Baseball, which is made by a sports equipment manufacturing company called Rawlings.

2) The production process of a Major League baseball is the process of placing three layers of material; rubber, fabric, and cowhide, around a rubber sphere about the size of a cherry. These materials are placed around the small sphere in a specific way and order; first the rubber is molded, then the fabric is wound, and lastly the cowhide is sewn.

3) Raw materials are defined as the basic materials from which a product is made. A baseball has three basic parts: the round cushioned cork pill at it’s core, the wool and poly-cotton windings in the middle, and the cowhide covering …show more content…

The raw materials are used as the direct materials in the production of a Major League …show more content…

The direct labor used in the manufacturing of the baseballs is the employees of Rawlings. There are different responsibilities that the employees could have; they could work the sewing machine, work the weaving machine, or work the stamping machine. Also they could package all the baseballs so they can be shipped.

7) Indirect labor is any employee or worker that does not directly produce the goods or services, but they make the production possible or more efficient. The indirect labor in the making of MLB baseballs would be the manufacturing supervisor who watches all of the employees and who is in charge of making sure the baseballs are up to regulations, the Rawlings executive in charge of the creation of the baseball who is in charge of keeping track of where the baseballs go and how many go to a specific place, and finally the employees of each team that is in charge of getting the baseballs to the

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