15.769 Manufacturing Strategy Spring 2001 Second revision of syllabus Prof. Don Rosenfield: E40-419‚ 253-1064‚ e-mail: donrose@mit.edu Teaching Assistant: Melissa Falkowski‚ Office TBD‚ mfalkow@mit.edu Manufacturing strategy examines strategy for manufacturing and operations within the firm. The course will examine how manufacturing and operations can be used as competitive weapons. Traditionally‚ these areas have been viewed as narrow‚ functional areas‚ and management of them
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1) Answer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is the largest retail company in the United States and has been ranked number one by Fortune Magazine. Wal-Mart has four parts to their corporate strategy. 1. Dominance in the Retail Market 2. Expansion in the U.S. and International Markets 3. Creation of Positive Brand and Company Recognition 4. Branch Out into New Sectors of Retail If I were appointed as Thailand’s CEO of Wal-Mart to engage retail business in Thailand market‚ first I need to analyze the
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invented the first toothbrush by attaching bristles from pigs’ necks onto a bamboo handle. The design was adapted by Europeans‚ who modified the design using soft horsehairs. Process selection In this case injection molding process is considered for manufacturing the brush handle and followed by other processes to complete entire the tooth brush First‚ The Materials Are Gathered The handles are made out of plastic and the bristles are made out of natural boar or synthetic fibres such as nylon.. The Handles
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|100 |80 | |Manufacturing Overhead ($40 per DLH) | 200 | 160 | | Total per unit cost |$1‚000 | $660 | In 2012‚ Gerber manufactured 30‚000 units of the Royale and 10‚000 units of the Majestic. The overhead rate of $40 per direct labor hour was determined by dividing total expected manufacturing overhead of $7‚600‚000 by the total direct labor
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one-time-only special order for a product similar to one offered to regular customers. The following per unit data apply for sales to regular customers: Direct materials $455 Direct labor 300 Variable manufacturing support 45 Fixed manufacturing support 100 Total manufacturing costs 900 Markup (60%) 540 Targeted selling price $1440 Grant’s Kitchens has excess capacity. Ms. Wang wants the cabinets in cherry rather than oak‚ so direct material costs will increase by $30 per unit
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Riordan Manufacturing has production plants located in Albany‚ GA‚ Pontiac‚ MI‚ and their overseas plant in Hangzhouz‚ China. Each location is responsible for different production lines and inventory. The Research and Development department is located in San Jose‚ CA‚ Riordan’s headquarters. Riordan Manufacturing’s Vice President (VP) of Operations has a service request for an implementation of a Manufacturing Resource Plan (MRP) among Riordan’s three plants into one system. This request will
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and most of them are giant companies. Though in 1991‚ industry sales were estimated P700million‚ P400million from Volta line. Volta has received the electric equipment giant’s Top Quality Award * At first they didn’t have the capability for manufacturing‚ installation‚ and commissioning. But they have wide access because of their wide connections. * Eric has thought about expanding since for him‚ it’s for them to expand and make Volta a bigger company. They don’t have the enough money to expand
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ACCT 805AE Case 4 Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc The Osprey Group Feb 21‚ 2011 Q1. The client acceptance process can be quite complex. Identify five procedures an auditor should perform in determining whether to accept a client. Which of these five are required by auditing standards? First they should gather and examine all available financial information‚ such as tax returns‚ annual reports‚ the balance sheet‚ and income statement. This should be done so that the audit firm can do a quick initial
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Lean Manufacturing is a very popular and successful strategy‚ which many manufacturing companies have adopted over the past 60 years. Mone Consulting Firm has been referring this method for more than 20 years at a high success rate of 99%. If implemented effectively “going lean” for Classic Cable Company will have a positive impact throughout the entire enterprise‚ by introducing attainable goals. The goals of lean manufacturing will achieve: a balanced rapid flow‚ eliminate waste and disruptions
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number crunching is an end unto itself. However‚ basic financial analysis will always be an important part of our toolkit for making pricing decisions. The document which follows contains the “answers” to these two case study assignments: Ace Manufacturing and Healthy Spring Water. Despite the financial emphasis‚ they are similar to the previous cases insofar as they’re intentionally open-ended and somewhat vague to encourage you to draw out all of the contingencies and factors that need to be considered
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