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    Topps Company Inventory Evaluation Michelle Rowley ACC 281 Ms. LaKeitha Givens August 5‚ 2013 Topps Company Inventory Evaluation Topps Company’s runs two business units‚ confectionery and entertainment (Edmonds‚ Olds‚ McNair‚ & Tsay‚ 2010). Their financial situation changed from the year 2004 to the year 2006. Their focus changed in 2006 with 80% of the employees reporting profit and loss to someone compared to 20% reporting before the change and also started performance tracking of

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    The Impact of Lean Implementation on Operational Performance: A Study of Composite Manufacturing Companies in Malaysia 1.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION In 2012‚ the Asia-Pacific region accounted for 36 per cent of the worldwide market in value for composite production and 41 per cent in volume‚ according to Frederique Mutel‚ president and chief executive officer of the JEC Group‚ which is the world‟s largest composite industry organization‚ representing‚ promoting and expanding the industry

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    com/1741-038X.htm JMTM 17‚4 Critical success factors for lean implementation within SMEs Pius Achanga‚ Esam Shehab‚ Rajkumar Roy and Geoff Nelder Department of Enterprise Integration‚ School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science‚ Centre for Decision Engineering‚ Cranfield University‚ Cranfield‚ UK Abstract Purpose – The aim of this research paper is to present the critical factors that constitute a successful implementation of lean manufacturing within manufacturing SMEs. Design/methodology/approach

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    Directional Minimum Check DMC – OW tariffs comparison in direction to and back for the set pair of cities. Tariffs are compared between all points of fare component. DMC is used for OW and NOJ trips for ISI – SOTI‚ SOTO‚ SITO. Rules: - If DMC NUC is more than CF‚ the difference between them is DMC Plus P.The additional value P is added to CF for getting TOTAL that amounts to DMC NUC - If DMC NUC is less than CF‚ than DMC NUC is ignored and TOTAL fare amounts to CF TPM SAL PTY

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    Taylor (2009) state that the concept of lean resource management was developed in the 1950s by the car manufacturing company Toyota. There are several aspects of lean resource management including the JIT or just in time system. Under such system‚ the inventory or raw materials that the company needs are ordered just in time to be used to the production process. According to Teresko (2007)‚ Toyota’s Production System is one that emphasizes the concept of lean manufacturing systems. Through such process

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    Lean Glossary The following are key concepts associated with lean manufacturing. Click on a link to jump directly to the related definition. 5S Andon Bottleneck Analysis Continuous Flow Gemba (The Real Place) Heijunka (Level Scheduling) Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment) Jidoka (Autonomation) Just-In-Time (JIT) Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Kanban (Pull System) KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Muda (Waste) Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) PDCA (Plan‚ Do‚ Check‚ Act) Poka-Yoke

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    Readiness Center FSS Forward Supply Stores IMA Intermediate Maintenance Activities JIT Just-in-Time LSS Lean Six-Sigma MATCON Material Control MC Mission Capable MDT Mean Down Time MDU Material Delivery Unit MEI Major Engine Inspection MTBF Mean Time Between Failure NMC Non-Mission-Capable NRFI Not Ready for Issue OIC Officer-in-Charge PC Production Control QAR Quality Assurance Representative QECK Quick Engine Change Kit RFI Ready for Issue RFT Ready

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    CASE 6–19 The Case of the Plummeting Profits; Lean Production Required: 1. What characteristic of absorption costing caused the drop in net operating income for the second quarter and what could the controller have said to explain the problem? With absorption costing the net operating income relies on both production and sales so he was correct in his explanation‚ however he could have maybe explained better how since they had an under applied amount of overhead from their reduction in produced

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    Lean production: Successful implementation of organisational change in operations instead of short term cost reduction efforts by Thorsten Ahrens Lean Alliance® GmbH Im Schlosshof 4a • D-82229 Seefeld • Germany • Tel: +49 (08152) 7944-94• Fax: +49 (08152) 7944-93 © 2006 Lean Alliance. All Rights Reserved. This product‚ and any parts thereof‚ may not be reproduced in any form or used in any manner whatsoever without direct permission from the owners of the Lean Alliance. 1 Abstract

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    Tasks and answers Task 1: To what extent could or should Deane expect to apply the philosophies and techniques of JIT/Lean to the running of a staircase cell? Staircases Production Company (SPC) is a small‚ successful‚ privately owned timber and building materials company based in a small city in the UK. The company offers a wide variety of timber products‚ from regular doors‚ windows and staircases to special products such as non-standard sections or special profiles (i.e. old designs of skirting

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