fulfilling customer requirements in Trans-European Plastics and New Supply Chain strategies at old M&S (20 marks) (b) Discuss possible solutions with regards to analysis of performance factors such as cost‚ quality‚ speed‚ dependability and flexibility and ‘order winners and qualifiers’. (30 marks) 4. (a) elaborate on the following: Trans-European Plastics: Issues with dependability‚ distribution issues‚ storage space‚ implications for inventory management after warehouse expansion Product
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GD Goenka World Institute Trans European Plastic A Case Study Module Name: Managing Services and Manufacturing Operations [Module Code: GMSI580-2010] Module Leader: Mr. Ashutosh Khanna [12/3/2010] By: Group Members Dippul Singal Gaurav Singh Neha Choudhary Samrat Basu Shaifi Verma Vineet Vijayraghavan Case study Trans-European Plastics The case study talks about the problems faced by the Europe’s largest manufacturers of plastic household items‚ producing over 500 products
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Trans-European Plastics (TEP) is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of plastic household items. Its French factory makes a range of over 500 products that are sold to wholesaler and large retailers throughout Europe. The company dispatches orders within 24 hours of receipts using an international carrier. All consumers would expect received their requirements in full within one week. The manufacturing operation is based on batch production‚ employing 24 large injection molding machines. Mould
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Are sustainable: Biomimicry follows Life’s Principles. Life’s Principles instruct us to: build from the bottom up‚ self-assemble‚ optimize rather than maximize‚ use free energy‚ cross-pollinate‚ embrace diversity‚ adapt and evolve‚ use life-friendly materials and processes‚ engage in symbiotic relationships‚ and enhance the bio-sphere. By following the principles life uses‚ you can create products and processes that are well adapted to life on earth. Perform well: In nature‚ if a design strategy
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Trans-European Plastics (TEP) is one of the largest manufacturers of plastic household items in England. (Slack‚ 2010) Their factories have the ability to ship products to its customers within one week. The manufacturing operation is based on batch production‚ employing 24 large injection-moulding machines. TEP has recently been faced with declining delivery reliability and backlog. Apparently resulting from ‘split batches’ where only part of a planned production batch is produced to overcome
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《项目管理》期中测试题 学号： 姓名： Ajax Project Tran was taking his dog Callie on her evening walk as the sun began to set over the coastal range. He looked forward to this time of the day. It was an opportunity to enjoy some peace and quiet. It was also a time to review events on the Ajax project and plot his next moves. Ajax is the code name given by CEBEX for a high-tech security system project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Tran is the project manager and his core them consisted
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CHAPTER 1 Operations management Short case: Dealing with variety – two examples The Bombay Tiffin Box Suppliers Association (TBSA) operates a service to transport home-cooked food from workers’ homes to office locations in downtown Bombay. Workers from residential districts must ride commuter trains some 30–40 km to work. Typically‚ they are conservative diners‚ and are also constrained by strong cultural taboos on food handling by caste‚ which discourage eating out. TBSA arranges for food
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Operations Management Project Report Company: Corona Group: J Section: B Group Members: Aatka Zafar BBA 02093054 Adeel Shafique BBA 02093090 Faiza Ahmed BBA 02093071 Usman Ali BBA 02093108 Hina Jabbar BBA 02093052 Submitted to: Sir Sarmad Irfan Executive Summary In this era of globalization and immense competition‚ the only organizations with lean and fittest operations
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delivery of high-quality‚ cost-effective parts and allowed funds to be diverted to other uses that produce a higher return on investment. The sales mix was changing as the orders for multiple mold fabrications decreased and the order size for plastic parts increased. However‚ because of limited capacity‚ the company concentrated its sales on supplying parts that were used in limited quantities for research and development efforts and in preproduction pilot runs rather than accepting larger orders
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Module: Operations management Title: -Operations management and Ethics! - Student: Katerina Zafirovska Lecture: Prof. D-r Aleksandra Shumar Contents: Introduction……………………………………………………………………..….3 1. Operations management…………………………………………..5 2. History of operations management……………………………….6 3. Ethics ……………………………………………………………15 4. Operations management
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