Book Summary "The Goal" Processes and Operations Key Idea The main message of the book is that the proper way to manage any operation‚ whether it’s a manufacturing plant or a web design shop or a clothing store‚ is to: 1) Identify what needs to be changed. 2) Identify what it should be changed to. 3) Identify how to execute the change. Summary This story is based around the life of Alex Rogo‚ Plant Manager for Uniware‚ which is a division of Unico. After some very upsetting customer approaches
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Taylor Miller OPMT 303 9:30am Class FALL 2014 The Goal A peaceful morning for Alex Rogo‚ a plant manager for UniCo Manufacturing‚ is brutally disrupted when Vice President Bill Peach makes an unexpected visit to the plant. The moment Alex walks through the doors he is confronted by frantic employees who inform him about missing customer order number 41427 and an angry Bill Peach waiting in his office. A heated confrontation between Bill Peach and Alex Rogo rises about the overdue order but
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background of the goal is Alex Rogo manages a production plant which faces the bankrupt financial crisis. --After Alex’s conversation with Jonah‚ we know the goal of any business is to make money. --Bottlenecks: The book points out bottlenecks is one process in a chain of processes which is measured and controlled by variations on three measures: throughput‚ inventory and operational expense. And the bottleneck’s speed of production is what determines the speed of the other
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Operational Efficiency & Operational Optimization Sa – Situation Anlysis Pa – Problem Analysis Da – Decission Analysis Pa – Probabilty Analysis 1) Suppose that a peak harvest-season day involves 18‚000 barrels of berries‚ 70% of them wet harvested‚ arriving uniformly over a twelve-hour period from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.‚ and process initiates as soon as the first truck arrives. a) At what time during the day‚ would the trucks start queuing up to upload? Answer:
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the problem; create a plant policy to encourage attendance; use a tracking tool (like a calendar or time sheet) to better understand trends in attendance. 2. To address the wait time issue‚ NCC will need to analyze the plant operations to pin-point the bottlenecks and find ways‚ e.g. redesign the plant‚ invest in resources‚ to reduce these bottlenecks. 2. Draw a process flow diagram for Receiving Plant #1. For each step in the process flow indicate: Following are figures that illustrate
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into the first main point of the body. A connective is not required here but may be used if desired. For information on connectives‚ review pages 177-178 of your textbook. Skip a space above and below connectives.) BODY I. A single complete sentence expressing the main point of this section of the speech A. Sub point [As with main points‚ sub points should be written in full sentences.] 1. Sub-sub point [Write sub-sub points in full sentences.] 2. Sub-sub point B. Sub point moving from the introduction
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Book Review of "Goal" 1. What is the problem? Alex Rogo was a plant manager at the Barrington Plant of Uniware‚ a division of UniCo. One day Bill Peach‚ division vice president visited his plant and found that there were lots of problems with schedule arrangement‚ quality‚ cost & inventory control in his plant. These problems had already made the organization lose money. At last Bill gave Alex three months to improve‚ otherwise‚ the plant would be closed. Three months?! That was all Alex Rogo was
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Jennifer Purifoy April 30‚ 2001 Page 1 of 3 Executive Summary for The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt The heart of this story is based around the life of Alex Rogo‚ Plant Manager for Uniware a division of Unico. After a very upset customer approaches Alex’s boss‚ Bill Peach‚ he is given an ultimatum to turn the plant around in three months. Due to the limited amount of time available‚ there are not many outside tools available such as consultants‚ surveys‚
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Week 6 Written Assignment Executive Summary – The Goal Adil S Ahmed Benedictine University MBA 630 – Operations Management Professor Chester Legenza August 2‚ 2014 Week 6 Written Assignment – Executive Summary – The Goal In this executive summary‚ The Goal by Goldratt will be analyzed in detail. First‚ 10 operations management decisions as found on page 7 of the Heizer and Render textbook will be listed in column 1. Next‚ for each OM decision‚ examples from The Goal textbook that exemplify the
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1. Draw a flow chart of the cookie-making process (you can hand-draw and scan). See the last page. 2. How long (the throughput time) will it take to fill a rush order of 1-dozen cookie? Assume no other cookies are currently in process. Use a Gantt chart to help with the analysis and attach the screen shot of the Gantt chart. 6+2+1+9+5+2+1=26 mins 3.What is the cycle time? How many orders can you fill in a night (4-hour period)? Does your answer depend on the size of the
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