MGT 9702 – SERVICE OPERATIONS I LITTLEFIELD TECHNOLOGIES – OVERVIEW Littlefield Technologies (LT) produces Digital Satellite System (DSS) receivers. These receivers are assembled from kits of electronic components procured from a single supplier. The assembly process consists of four steps carried out at 3 stations called board stuffing‚ testing and tuning. The machines at these stations cost $90‚000‚ $80‚000
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ittlefield Simulation #1: Capacity Management Team: Computronic When the simulation began‚ we quickly determined that there were three primary inputs to focus on: the forecast demand curve (job arrivals‚) machine utilization‚ and queue size prior to each station. Specifically we were looking for upward trends in job arrivals and queue sizes along with utilizations consistently hitting 100%. Upon initial analysis of the first fifty days of operations‚ the team noticed that Station 1 had reached
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Littlefield Labs 1 Capacity Management at Littlefield Labs I. Introduction There are 3 stations in the game called sample preparing‚ testing‚ and centrifuging‚ while there are 4 steps to process the jobs. Before the game started‚ we tried to familiarize with the process of the laboratories and calculating the costs (both fixed and variable costs) based on the information on the sheet given. We did not intend to buy any machines too early‚ as we wanted to see the demand fluctuation and the
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Production Planning and Inventory Control CTPT 310 Littlefield Simulation Executive Report Arlene Myers: 260299905 Rubing Mo: 260367907 Brent Devenne: 260339080 Miyaoka Scenario‚ Re: Littlefield Technology Simulation Game: Inventory Management Executive Summary At the onset of the game‚ we determined there were a few key things that had to be addressed to succeed. The first was to avoid stock outs which had already occurred in the first 50 days. We quickly moved to avoid stock outs
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I began year three with $1‚120.28‚ which was more money than I have ever had in the whole simulation. The first event that took place was the government event. I was very apprehensive because we had just elected a new president‚ Jacob‚ and had new house members‚ so I was unsure how they would feel about the laws that we would try to pass. Jacob also started out his presidency by saying that everyone will be able to have free healthcare‚ even though that is impossible‚ so the government had to figure
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Working Capital Simulation Richard Hughes FIN/571 January Nineteenth‚ 2015 William Stokes Working Capital Simulation Sunflower Nutraceuticals (SNC) is barely breaking even and is strategizing on methods improve its growth and cash flow through capital budgeting. This paper will discuss the decisions the CEO made in each area of the 3-phase process‚ and evaluate how the decisions affected SNC. The numbers in this analysis are in thousands. Background SNC provides dietary supplements to individual
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Simulation ECO/365 Simulation The supply and demand factors are essential to the work of economics. The use of these demand curves help businesses to maximize profits and the supply curve depicts the best price for the most product. These statistics are shown on a graph‚ which changes according to the supply and demand in a particular market (Colander‚ 2010). This simulation is an example of Good life property apartment rental supply and demand. This paper will discuss two microeconomics
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business September 2007 Littlefield Technologies: Overview Introduction Littlefield Technologies is a job shop which assembles Digital Satellite System receivers. These receivers are assembled from kits of electronic components procured from a single supplier. The assembly process consists of four steps carried out at 3 stations called board stuffing‚ testing and tuning. The first step consists of mounting the components onto PC Boards and soldering
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April 8‚ 2013 Group Report 1: Capacity Management The following is an account of our Littlefield Technologies simulation game. The account includes the decisions we made‚ the actions we took‚ and their impact on production and the bottom line. Day 53 Our first decision was to buy a 2nd machine at Station 1. We did not have any analysis or strategy at this point. Nonetheless‚ this turned out to be a wise investment‚ since Station 1 was in danger of becoming a bottleneck in production
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AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT Littlefield Technologies Report Littlefield Technologies is a job shop which assembles Digital Satellite System receivers. The assembly process is carried out at 3 stations via a four step processes. Station 1 is board stuffing station whereby the first step is executed. The first step consists of mounting the components onto PC Boards and soldering them. The digital components are then briefly tested at the testing station which is station 2 in the second step. Station
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