PEC rolled the most advanced of HDTV equipment available.
The company has staked its future on this rollout and demand is expected of skyrocket, if Harry Limmer vice president of manufacturing; and his team can get enough units into the supply chain by the release date.
The HDTV monitors are to be assembled at PEC’s facility in Mexico. Key components and subsystems come from the following locations: Rome and New York signal reception system, Texas sound system, Seoul TV control system and remote, Mexico City power supply system and Jakarta glass panel.
During conference most of the updates from suppliers were positive but certain items piqued Limmer’s attention. The director of operations noted that they were ready to be retrofitted to HDTV assembly.
The production analyst, has been studying for the new HDTV line, and he said it compares very favorable. when the products production and delivery the Suny representative was downplaying the fact that the new panels due to damage during transport to warehouse.
Limmer grows more anxious and concerned about those glass panels so he think about going to Jakarta and to see what is going on.
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1. Analyze the recommendation made by Randall regarding the facility setup. Would you tell Limmer to follow this recommendation or go with another setup? Why?
Since there is a deadline for the product rollout. I would recommend that Limmer follow Randall’s advice. Organizations sometimes