Operation management week 3-2 1. what is the reason for formulating and implementing an operation and supply chain strategy? The implementation of an operations and supply chain strategy is necessary for an organization in order to provide a clear vision of the value they will provide to the customer. The strategy should detail the competitive advantage the organization seeks to obtain and deliver. To develop a successful strategy‚ the organization must understand the values held by the customer
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SITUATION ANALYSIS The Rose Company has selected James Pierce to become the General Manager for the Jackson Plant‚ a position newly developed in order to assess the effectiveness of decentralizing operations. In the new model for the plant‚ rather than managing departments and reporting through different function channels‚ Jackson’s internal operations will report to Pierce. The Rose Company is currently building a new plant in the region with the expectation that it will reduce production cost
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BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY‚ SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY (THE CASE OF ALFA LAVAL LUND AB) MSc in Business Administration Author Godwill Tapisi Mukonje MSc in Business Administration School of Management gota06@student.bth.se Supervisors Lars Svensson and Björn Ljunggren April 2009 Godwill Tapisi Mukonje‚ Master’s Thesis‚ BTH 2009 0 This thesis is submitted to the School of Management at The Blekinge Institute of Technology
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for the next 10 years; at the end of the next three years (that is year 11‚ 12‚ 13) he will get the following payments: $4‚000‚ $7‚000‚ and $9‚000. At a discount rate of 10 percent‚ what is the present value of all future benefits? Answer: In this case we have an annuity of 10000 for 10 years and then 3 single cash flows of 4000‚ 7000‚ and 9000 for years 11‚ 12 and 13. First we find the present value of the annuity: Then we find the present value of the other three cash flows: Then we sum
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Case 1: Daikin China (word count 983) Daikin? Maybe you are not familiar with this brand. It doesn’t matter. When Daikin entered China market in 1990‚ many Chinese consumers always asked same questions‚ “What is Daikin?”‚ “Where does Daikin come from?”‚ “What products does Daikin operate?”‚ or “Is it a Korea brand?”. But now‚ Daikin becomes the No.2 air-conditioning manufacturer in the world which is only fall behind Carrier‚ the US air-conditioning giant who was the inventor of air-conditioning
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What is the balance between vertical and horizontal structure in Malard Manufacturing Company? Is it appropriate that department manager always turn to the executive vice-president for the help rather than to one another? An organization structure clarifies who is given with the authority‚ how authority has been divided in the organization among employees and who are responsible for what kind of job. Generally we can see two kind of organizational structure. Vertical Horizontal Vertical management
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During the second half of the year‚ the company increased the price of the goods. As a result the company suffered a decrease in sales but its total revenue increased due to the increasing prices. This could be explained by the fact that the company did not maximize its profit during the first half of the year‚ the price and sales of the company is not at equilibrium and products are being sold at a price lower than equilibrium. At the second of the year‚ due to an increase in price the sales volume
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was about to present at the meeting of the executive committee on strategic positioning. The key issue of this meeting was the benchmark report which compared SIG Combibloc to its main competitor Tetra Pak. The results of the study were striking: “Whereas both companies are head to head in all major qualitative aspects‚ SIG Combibloc lags behind in speed of implementation of new printing designs and customer order lead time”. Senior management was obviously very uncomfortable with these negative
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conjunction with Denson’s decision to retire‚ the Company also announced strategic changes in its executive management team as part of the Company’s long-term organizational strategy to align the business to continue to drive growth. The changes reflect the Company’s focus on the consumer by accelerating innovation‚ elevating design‚ aligning product and merchandising excellence‚ optimizing go-to-market strategies and sharpening focus on supply chain and manufacturing capabilities. Effective July 1‚ 2013‚ Trevor
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CASE FOR USE WITH OROS QUICK® ABC SOFTWARE Blue Ridge Manufacturing Company BACKGROUND: Blue Ridge Manufacturing is one of a dozen companies that produces and sells towels for the U.S. "sports towel" market. A "sports towel" is a towel that has the promotion of an event or a logo printed on it. They’re called sports towels because their most popular use is for distribution in connection with major sporting events such as the Super Bowl‚ NCAA Final Four‚ Augusta National Golf Tournament
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