Harvard Business School 9-689-030 Rev. December 11‚ 1998 Donner Company In October 1987‚ Edward Plummer‚ president of the Donner Company‚ was reviewing the company’s position prior to planning 1988 operations. The Donner Company manufactured printed circuit boards to the specifications of a variety of electronics manufacturers. Each board consisted of a thin sheet of insulating material with narrow metal strips (conductors) bonded to its surface. The insulating sheet acted as a structural
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Flowchart Process M Salazar University of Phoenix Operations Management OPS 571 Michael Marticek October 08‚ 2012 Flowchart for a Process On a daily basis every individual around the world carries out a process‚ which is a process that is called the daily routine. Weather it is driving to work or preparing your children for school in the morning‚ they all consume a vast amount of time. In this paper‚ a detailed process is recognized‚ and a flowchart has been designed to demonstrate
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Assignment Flowchart for a Process University of Phoenix OPS/571 Instructor: July 22‚ 2012 • Select a process that you do every day but would like to spend less time doing‚ such as driving to work. The process to that I will use to design a process flowchart for will be driving from home to work on a daily basis. • Design a flowchart using an appropriate tool. I have used the features of Microsoft Visio to design my flowchart. Flowcharts are valuable
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DONNER COMPANYOperations Management (Group 9) Ayush Aggarwal 1411348 ayush.aggarwal14@iimb.ernet.in D.K.Harish1411292 dk.harish14@iimb.ernet.in Meenakshi Singh 1411303 meenakshi.singh14@iimb.ernet.in Pavel Gupta 1411315 pavel.gupta14@iimb.ernet.in Suryaansh Makked 1411337 suryaansh.makked14@gmail.com Sachin Gowda M B 1411326 sachin.gowda14@iimb.ernet.in 10/9/2014 INTRODUCTION Donner Company (started in 1985) manufactures printed circuit boards to the specifications of a variety of electronics
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Process Flowchart Process Flowchart This paper includes information about a process (University of Phoenix‚ 2010‚ Syllabus) completed daily. A flowchart represents activities in a process. A flowchart is also included in this paper. A key element of operations strategy is the activities involved in process design (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ & Aquilano‚ 2006). A metric used to measure the process and factors that affect the process are also included. Process Explanation The process included in this paper
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Central Issues When looking at the Donner Company in 1987‚ there are some initial concerns. The company as a whole does not have a true sense of how long it takes them to do what they do‚ and their process flow table is made up of "guesstimates"‚ as throughput time at individual processes have not been formally taken. The company appears to be operating below capacity based on their need to rework their products often‚ find things for people to do‚ and meet deadlines that are based on fuzzy estimates
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diagrams showing how steps in a process fit together. This makes them useful tools for communicating how processes work‚ and for clearly documenting how a particular job is done. Furthermore‚ the act of mapping a process out in flow chart format helps you clarify your understanding of the process‚ and helps you think about where the process can be improved. A flow chart can therefore be used to: •Define and analyze processes. •Build a step-by-step picture of the process for analysis‚ discussion‚ or
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Process Flowchart‚ Driving to Work Understanding processes and the various decision points provide a structured framework to measure efficiency. Processes include many factors‚ from direct decision points to external influences that affect the outcome. Additional‚ processes often have a service component‚ which influences the decision points. Process – Driving to Work Each workday‚ I must drive to work. During that commute‚ most days I must also make sure my daughter gets to school. On
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Case: Donner Company EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Donner Company is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards. They need to address several issues in their supply chain operations to improve their service level because net income in the month of September has drastically decreased. Before September‚ growth was steadily increasing every month. They found that the major problems include unpredictable bottlenecks in manufacturing‚ lower than expected productivity and lower than expected quality
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Design a Flowchart for a Process The last couple of years I have had the task making sure my children are dressed and on time for school. This task is a process performed weekdays during the school year. This task can be time-consuming if the appropriate processes are not performed. Using a flowchart design‚ I will be able to analyze daily task of making sure my children are dressed and on time for school. By creating a flowchart for this process‚ it will increase the awareness and reveal issues
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