Hrm 532 Week 4 Learning Team Reflection
Learning Team Reflection In this paper we provide a brief history of CAMCO manufacturing. Then we identify the type of process design CAMCO manufacturing uses. We will also explain several items regarding the manufacturing process related to the organization that as a team, we viewed as unique and interesting?
Camco Manufacturing Inc. started in 1966 with one employee and one product. Today, over 40 plus years later, they have more than 350 employees, over 3,000 products and five manufacturing facilities to better serve their customers needs. The home office is in Greensboro, North Carolina. They also have locations in Elkhart, Indiana; Portland, Oregon; Leominster, Massachusetts and our newest facility in Beilun, …show more content…
And the new process didn 't cost a cent. In fact, it generated cash from the start. What did CAMCO do? How did they do it? In 1988, CAMCO 's vice president of manufacturing decided to scour the world looking for innovative manufacturing practices. In New Zealand, he discovered a company that had developed a powerful new way of manufacturing, and he brought the process back to Canada. This became the basis for CAMCO 's great success. The process was eventually transplanted to GE 's U.S. operations, and widely followed after that. Our research indicates that CAMCO manufacturing group used the make to order process design.(Investopedia) Explains that make to order is a business production strategy that typically allows consumers to purchase products that are customized to their specifications. The make to order (MTO) strategy only manufactures the end product once the customer places the order. The make to order (MTO) strategy also relieves the problems of excessive inventory that is common with the traditional make to stock (MTS)
Camco Manufacturing Inc. started in 1966 with one employee and one product. Today, over 40 plus years later, they have more than 350 employees, over 3,000 products and five manufacturing facilities to better serve their customers needs. The home office is in Greensboro, North Carolina. They also have locations in Elkhart, Indiana; Portland, Oregon; Leominster, Massachusetts and our newest facility in Beilun, …show more content…
And the new process didn 't cost a cent. In fact, it generated cash from the start. What did CAMCO do? How did they do it? In 1988, CAMCO 's vice president of manufacturing decided to scour the world looking for innovative manufacturing practices. In New Zealand, he discovered a company that had developed a powerful new way of manufacturing, and he brought the process back to Canada. This became the basis for CAMCO 's great success. The process was eventually transplanted to GE 's U.S. operations, and widely followed after that. Our research indicates that CAMCO manufacturing group used the make to order process design.(Investopedia) Explains that make to order is a business production strategy that typically allows consumers to purchase products that are customized to their specifications. The make to order (MTO) strategy only manufactures the end product once the customer places the order. The make to order (MTO) strategy also relieves the problems of excessive inventory that is common with the traditional make to stock (MTS)