North West Company will move towards a “pull strategy” within its supply chain. Pull production is based on actual or consumed demand and individual store managers will monitor this. The benefit of localization for North West will be a higher inventory turnover rate. The benefit for customers will be a more customized shopping experience based on their community. The potential risks are there are high costs involved in implementing a new database system and procurement decisions will be divided between category managers and store managers. We will implement a new database system and train store managers to purchase inventory based on local and regional needs. This system will allow stores to be a part of their community and customer needs can be better met.…
1.0 Production System.................................................................................................iii & iv 1.1 Inputs 1.2 Transformation of Inputs/Processes 1.3 Outputs 2.0 Decision Making............................................................................................................v 2.1 Strategic Decisions 2.2 Production, Planning and Control Decisions 3.0 Process & Product Strategy................................................................................vi & vii 3.1 Stages for introducing a new product 3.2 Technology Resources 3.3 Human Resources Used In Production & Impact of Technology on HR 3.4 Process Flow 3.5 Capacity 4.0 Facilities Strategy.................................................................................................viii & ix 4.1 Location 4.2 Factory Layout 5.0 Quality Strategy................................................................................................x, xi & xii 5.1 How is quality maintained? 5.2 Does this fit with any approaches? 6.0 Inventory Management.............................................................................................xiii 6.1 Methods of Inventory Control 7.0 Environmental Sustainability......................................................................................xiv 7.1 Issues, pressures or responsibilities surrounding the factory 8.0 Appendices.................................................................................................................xv…
Trifonov, Kroger uses a "pull" style of inventory management. According to Trifonov, "The use of a pull system is the obvious choice in the grocery industry where inventory turnover is high and inventory is kept low." Inventory numbers are monitored and when they fall to a certain level the supplier is contacted for restocking.…
What are the different types of control systems? What are some advantages and disadvantages of the various control mechanisms? How does your organization use the steps of the control process?…
Make-to-stock – goods are produced before customers place orders. This strategy typically allows manufacturers to produce goods in long production runs, taking advantage of production efficiencies. A master production schedule determines the exact number of units to produce for each production run.…
Use pull system fro products that have zero demand, only produce when customers want it, dun need to hold inventory at all…
The time-based logistics will be the right strategy for each company. The first reason is the sales information transmission which POS data clearly indicates the product’s demand from the customer to the manufacturer. It’s more accurate that a forecast. The second point is to reduce the order cycle time. The actual sales and consumers trends will guide the manufacturer to respond the order quickly. The third factor is that decreases the inventory level. The inventory is well controlled by knowing for sure customer’s needs.…
Work pressure: Make-to-stock system will reduce the work pressure due to less of a time concern.…
Production control includes production planning, material coordination, workload control, work order release, and production unit control.…
This article tells us about the takt time analysis and the Toyota production system. Throughout our lives we are slaves to time. In the manufacturing world, under the lights of lean production it is more demanding that the actual speed of the production line is exactly balanced to meet the demands of the customer. This speed or tempo of manufacturing is called Takt time. Takt time is derived from the word ‘clock cycle’. For a given product line the pace is determined by dividing the allowable time in the production shift by the average production volume. Work at each operation is planned according to the takt time. Anything faster is over production and slower is under production. Takt time along with along with flow production, pull system, and flow production form the basis for Just-in-time (JIT) system. The volume requirement changes of customers can affect Takt times. Organizations must acclimatize and adapt to the changing takt times. The use of takt times is not suitable for all types for all types of manufacturing systems. It works best in discrete part examples like the automotive manufacturing with some volume. Takt time also works best when the products going down the line have similar work content. Takt time is also important in terms of determining if things are ahead or behind in production during the shift. To implement takt time changes successfully requires some ability to move the work force around on monthly basis. When everything is slow workers are taken off line and put to work on improvement projects for a defined period of time. In tough economic times like this current global down turn things are pretty abnormal, and organizations should behave cautiously while taking any decisions regarding changes in the production…
Supply chain management (SCM) is the combination of activities which help a company to improve the methods to make a product or service and deliver it to customers. (Larson, 2004) SCM encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management activities. More importantly, it includes coordination and collaboration with other people who are associated with the business like suppliers, intermediaries, third-party service providers, and customers.…
Systemically, production planning and scheduling are in constant turmoil trying to meet the demands of the company. It cannot keep up with the changing of products because there are too many departments effected by the constant changes.…
Q1. What types of decisions must Chad Thomas make daily for his company’s operations to run effectively? Over the long run?…
The time-based logistics will be the right strategy for each company. The first reason is the sales information transmission which POS data clearly indicates the product’s demand from the customer to the manufacturer. It’s more accurate that a forecast. The second point is to reduce the order cycle time. The actual sales and consumers trends will…
On the other hand BTF systems have been traditionally offered a low variety of producer-specified and typically, less expensive products. The main operations issues for the system are inventory planning, lot size determination and demand forecasting. The performance measures basically line item fill rate, average inventory levels.…