I. Company Background Hyundai Corporation is Korea’s leading general trading company that has taken the lead in promoting export of Korea and Hyundai Group on the basis of solid global business networks. Hyundai Corporation‚ Korea’s leading general trading house‚ provides international trade and distribution services for a wide range of products‚ including steel‚ heavy machinery‚ ships‚ industrial plants‚ automobiles‚ electrical and electronic equipment‚ and basic commodities. In addition to export
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Ford Motor Company (FMC) manufactures and sells vehicles worldwide. The company has two business segments that include automotive segment and financial services. Ford carries out operations in North and South America‚ Europe‚ Asia and Africa. Hence‚ the company has to ensure that its operations are working effectively to meet its organizational objectives. The company also has to ensure that its operations management strategies are adequate to provide maximum benefits to the company. Domestic car
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industry is a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design‚ development‚ manufacture‚ marketing‚ and selling of motor vehicles. It is one of the world’s most important economic sectors by revenue. The automotive industry does not include industries dedicated to the maintenance of automobiles following delivery to the end-user‚ such as automobile repair shops and motor fuel filling stations. Automotive industry is the key driver of any growing economy. It plays a pivotal role in country’s
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 2 This assignment will define operations management and explore the various bodies of knowledge and practices that have led to operations management as it is currently known today. Additionally‚ this paper will focus on topic areas such as supply chain management‚ total quality
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ust-In-Time (JIT) is a very simple idea but one that is essential in modern supply chain management. JIT sets out to cut costs by reducing the amount of goods and materials a firm holds in stock. JIT involves: producing and delivering finished goods ‘just in time’ to be sold partly finished goods ‘just in time’ to be assembled into finished goods parts ‘just in time’ to go into partly finished goods materials ‘just in time’ to be made into parts. The principle that underpins JIT is that production
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1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of General Motors’ strategy for operations? GM is now using Toyota’s strategy (partnerships and alliances) for operation in its newest factories‚ located in Argentina‚ Poland‚ and China. The advantages of GM’s strategy for operations are: i) Standardized plants helped cut production costs substantially and allow it to succeed in the world’s emerging markets. ii) Factories are designed with flexibility and efficiency so that each factory can be easily
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I. Introduction About Hyundai Motor For almost 25 years‚ Hyundai has been a part of the Australian automotive landscape. Hyundai is the fifth largest automotive group in the world‚ the fastest growing automotive brand in Australia‚ and is widely acknowledged as a global leader in design‚ safety and quality. We pride ourselves on building cars which deliver reasonable technology to all Australians. Manufacturing process Hyundai’s automotive manufacturing process begins right here in Australia
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Wolf Motors Case Study 1. What recommendations would you make to John Wolf with respect to structuring the supplier relationship process for the Wolf Motors dealership network? The recommendations I would suggest for structuring the supplier relationship process for the Wolf Motors dealership network are Wolf Motors should consider a centralized corporate level Materials Management System to consolidate buying decisions for each of the 4 dealerships. This would facilitate greater leveraging
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MGMT 610- OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. What are the differences between job-enlargement‚ job-enrichment‚ and job-rotation? Discuss the benefits of using each of these. Job design is an approach that specifies the tasks that constitute a job for an individual or a group. There are seven components of job design‚ and JOB expansion is one of them. It includes: • Job enlargement: We add tasks requiring similar skill to an existent job. You are using the same skills‚ but the tasks are different
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Principles of operation In any electric motor‚ operation is based on simple electromagnetism. A current-carrying conductor generates a magnetic field; when this is then placed in an external magnetic field‚ it will experience a force proportional to the current in the conductor‚ and to the strength of the external magnetic field. As you are well aware of from playing with magnets as a kid‚ opposite (North and South) polarities attract‚ while like polarities (North and North‚ South and South) repel
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