Case 1: Chad’s Creative Concepts 1. This company needs to incorporate time for both custom and standard furniture. They need to allocate resources such as labour and equipment to each product line. This also involves employee hours and number of employees needed. Also‚ Chad should determine and assign better craftsman to more custom jobs‚ which are more difficult. The custom furniture is more costly and requires more skill‚ therefore individual workers need to spend more time and need more skills
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CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERISTY School of Graduate Studies‚ College of Business and Accountancy A CASE ANALYSIS ON CHAD’S CREATIVE CONCEPTS Presented to JOHN E. TAMPO Professor In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements In MBA 723 – Production and Operations Management Submitted by JEVY ANN D. BEGAS November‚ 29‚ 2014 CASE No.: OM- 1 TITLE: Chad’s Creative Concept I. TIME CONTEXT The case is analyzed when problems affecting the company’s operation took place‚ inventory cost rises‚ and
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DECLARATION I‚ the undersigned‚ I hereby declare that this is my own and personal work‚ except where the work(s) or publications of others have been acknowledged by means of reference and techniques. I have read and understood Tutorial Letter CMNALLE/301 regarding technical and presentation requirements‚ referencing techniques and plagiarism. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE DECLARATION 1 MAIN ISSUE 1 2 RESEARCH CRITERIA 1 3 EXTENT 1 4 POPULATION 1-2
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Chad’s Creative Concepts Case Study 1. What types of decisions must Chad Thomas make daily for his company’s operations to run effectively? Over the long run? Chad Thomas needs to make sure daily manufacturing schedules are aligned with the current orders. The fact that the same set of employees and the same set of tools are being used to manufacture both the custom and the standard pieces of furniture is definitely problematic. In order to meet the demands of each product‚ it is critical
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meanings. The combination of images‚ words‚ colors‚ and slogan must be interpreted by the audience or consumer.[67] The “key to advertising analysis” is the signifier and the signified. The signifier is the object and the signified is the mental concept.[68] A product has a signifier and a signified. The signifier is the color‚ brand name‚ logo design‚ and technology. The signified has two meanings known as denotative and connotative. The denotative meaning is the meaning
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To: Chad Thomas From:Consulting Subject: Growing Pains at Chad’s Creative Concepts Date: 01/12/14 Business Brief Chad’s Creative Concepts began as a manufacturer of high-quality‚ custom-made wooden furniture. The client base has been the vacation cabin residents surrounding its Sandusky‚ Ohio location. The company grew successful selling its custom furniture and eventually as sales increased‚ the sales force began selling to retailers. The furniture demanded by retailers is standardized
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Chad’s Creative Concepts designs and manufactures wood furniture. Founded by Chad Thomas on the banks of Lake Erie in Sandusky‚ Ohio‚ the company began by producing custom-made wooden furniture for vacation cabins located along the coast of Lake Erie and on nearby Kelly’s Island and Bass Island. Being an "outdoors" type himself‚ Chad Thomas originally wanted to bring "a bit of the outdoors" inside. Chad’s Creative Concepts developed a solid reputation for creative designs and high-quality
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Burke Chad’s Creative Concepts Assignment Summary: Founded by Thomas Chad in Sandusky Ohio‚ Chad’s Creative Concepts is a furniture manufacturer whose roots lie in custom built furniture pieces. As a result of the company’s reputation of high quality pieces‚ Chad’s Creative Concepts has recently entered into the retail segment of the industry and has begun to produce select standard or mass produced furniture items. While sales are increasing and demand is on the rise‚ the company is currently
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• Introduction• Case Findings• Problems• Reasons behind the problems• Questions and Answers • Chads Creative Concepts is a company foundedby Chad Thomas that designs and manufactureswood furniture.• The company began by producing custom-madefurniture and within a short duration developed asolid reputation for creative designs and high-quality workmanship.• As company’s reputation grew and salesincreased‚ the sales force began selling some ofthe pieces to retail furniture outlets‚ which ledthem
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Chad’s creative concept is a company producing and manufacturing wood furnitures. The company builds up a good reputation for creative designs and high-quality workmanship. In the beginning the primary idea of production was custom-made furniture and eventually the whole company was entirely focused on that. The customers specified their wishes and preferences of the kind of wood. The reputation and the sales were increasing with the same speed‚ quite quick. Chad’s creative concept starts selling
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