follow the flowing questions to do the ANALYSIS ( Limit: 3 – double spaced – pages + and 4 for the exhibits )
JONES MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- Design a production process and physical layout/organization of resources that will allow JMC to meet the demand for Part No 5324-B2.
- (Is the new order a ‘strategy’ change for JMC?)yes
- What are the total costs in your system? (Fixed vs. Variable) What is the impact of total volume/time horizon on your operating System design and cost structure?
- Map the old and new processes.Are they a job shop or a production line? Why?
- Is it a ‘batch’ process or ‘continuous flow’?Why?
- Should Jones have accepted the order for Part No. 5324-B2?Why?
- Did they have choice? (Hint:How does the volume/variety of the new order affect the choice of process and layout?Why?)
- Show/map the process and physical layout.
- (they change from a job shop to a production line)
- the machines of the manufactory were not arranged for a production line, so JMC needs to rearrange the machines to do the new demand.
- show the problem by numbers and calculation
- draw the map and the old processes
- 20000 in the 5 weeks so how many they produce per hour? When they will complete the demand
- They can change the design of the plant but how and how much it will cost?
- Draw the new map for the new design and the process
- think about the breakeven when they can reach it after they design the new plant
Summarize your analysis.Describe, and justify, your solution to the ‘problem’ at Jones.Limit: 3 – double spaced – pages + and 3 for the exhibits
Hint and show in the summarize papers (important)
- (they change from a job shop to a production line)
- the machines of the manufactury were not arranged for a production line, so JMC needs to rearrange the machines to do the new demand.
- show the problem by numbers and calculation
- draw the map and the old processes
- 20000 in the 5 weeks so how many they produce per hour? When they will complete the demand
- They can change the design of the plant but how and how much it will cost?
- Draw the new map for the new design and the processes.
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THE ANALYSIS GUIDE :
1- LOOK FOR IMPORTANT NUMBERS. IDENTIFY THE ‘PROBLEM(S)
2- MAP (draw) THE PROCESS
3- Analyze each process for Cycle Time and Lead time and don’t confuse the two
4- Step back – look at the product/service the process is designed to produce and ask if there is a good ‘fit’
5- Identify the ‘4 V’s’
6- Work the Economics and Financial numbers.Is this process profitable?
7- Think again about the fundamental problems that need to be fixed.
8- Create solutions
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