Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (12th Edition) (What's New in Operations Management)
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ISBN: 9780134741062
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 3DQ
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Interpretation: Relation between seasonal productions of baseball games with managerial practice is to be determined.
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Managerial practices are the work methods undertaken by middle level of organization in order to improve efficiency of employees. It may be innovative and motivating for the employees.
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The KOREAN factory of Hi-Tech Metal, Inc. primarily manufactures plumbing system parts for gas pipes, drainage pipes, water supply pipes and hoses etc. A mainframe computer was used for scheduling, but it took a lot of time and unnecessarily put heavy workload on scheduling managers and on-site workers. Following are the associated problems to meet customers’ needs
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Considering above scenario justify improvements and alternatives to design and manufacturing of plumbing system.
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Scenario
The KOREAN factory of Hi-Tech Metal, Inc. primarily manufactures plumbing system parts for gas pipes, drainage pipes, water supply pipes and hoses etc. A mainframe computer was used for scheduling, but it took a lot of time and unnecessarily put heavy workload on scheduling managers and on-site workers. Following are the associated problems to meet customers’ needs
Lengthy 3 to 4 days schedule drafting time, caused by mainframe computer’s long processing time.
Inflexibility of mainframe computer to sudden order changes, leading to tedious manual calculation and direct on-site adjustment
Extra workload for on-site workers
One-month base scheduling that cannot meet customers’ need,
Task 1
Considering above scenario Summarize the design process for the finished component
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Chapter 10 Solutions
Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (12th Edition) (What's New in Operations Management)
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