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    Unit three Written Assignment MT435 Operations Management Kaplan University December 27th 2013 Introduction Question One Based on the information presented in the scenario/case study discuss Albatross Anchor’s competitiveness in relation to (please address all items in the below list and provide support for your conclusions): 1. Cost a) Cost of Production: Hi my name is Cynthia‚ and I have been asked by KU to help Albatross Anchor. Here’s what I know so far‚ after doing my case study

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    Albatross Anchor is a small family owned business that started operations in 1976 with a few family members. The company has grown significantly over the years which have created some issues with production as well as the administrative area. The facility is technology deprived‚ dirty‚ disorganized‚ and not meeting US safety and environmental standards. As the company expanded additional processes began and due to the limited space‚ production was not running as smoothly as the company should. When

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    commence the process of becoming the leading supplier of bell and snag hook anchors. I look forward to seeing these goals initiated‚ and seeing you at the top of your market. Question 1 Carefully review the assignment scenario/case study. From the limited information in the scenario/case study‚ identify at least three direct and specific long-term and three direct and specific short term operations changes that Albatross Anchor must make to gain a clear and sustainable competitive advantage (provide

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    University ntroduction: My name is Aiden and KU Consulting has asked me to prepare a bid on the consulting job with Albatross Anchor. With the information provided to me I am able to go through and analyze the operation as it is running and suggest how to improve the operations to be more competitive with the other anchor manufactures and to increase profits for the company‚ Albatross has been in business since 1976 with four family members. It has grown to employee one hundred and thirty people

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    information presented in the scenario/case study discuss Albatross Anchor’s competitiveness in relation to (please address all items in the below list and provide support for your conclusions): 1. Cost a) Cost of Production: Cost of production is costs incurred by Albatross Anchor when manufacturing an anchor. There are two types of costs – fixed and variable. Variable costs depend on what materials and labor are needed to make the anchor and vary with the volume of anchors produced. Fixed costs‚ such

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    MT435 Operations Management Unit Three 11/25/10 Introduction Albatross Anchor is a small family owned business located in Smallville‚ MA. Albatross Anchor is located on 12 acres of land. They started out with four employees in 1976 and grow over the years to over 100. The company manufactures two types of anchors in different sizes. The types are the mushroom/bell anchor and the snap hook anchor. Albatross Anchor has many manufacturing problems which are the cause of the

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    Unit Six Written Assignment MT435 Operations Management January 22‚ 2013 Introduction Albatross Anchors can change several things to make their business more productive than it has been. They opened in 1976 with only four family members and now employ 130 people; this alone shows massive growth over the past 35+ years. By only selling at a wholesale level‚ this means that they produce and sell in mass amounts and therefore their supply chain and manufacturing process is extremely important

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    Unit six Written Assignment MT435 Operations Management Kaplan University 05/22/2013 Introduction Albatross is a family owned company that was opened in 1976 by just a few family members. Over the years the company has seen tremendous growth which seems to be causing a lot of issues their production and administrative areas. They haven’t taken much up with newer technologies which makes what they have disorganized and not meeting the standards of most other companies in their

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    Unit Three Written Assignment Kelli-Michelle Evans MT435 Operations Management Kaplan University May 8. 2013 Introduction Before we begin‚ I wish to say thank you on behalf of KU Consulting for giving us the opportunity to present this proposal to your company. We understand that you may not agree with all of the ideas presented. However‚ we are willing to work with you to come up with solutions to your current issues that work within your budget and thought process. We only ask

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    Unit Three Written Assignment Unknown! MT435 Operations Management Kaplan University June 13‚ 2013 This case study references a business called Albatross Anchors. Albatross is a small‚ family business that manufactures two different types of anchors. Albatross Anchors case study is about a few challenges that are being called out into the open in hopes to fix. While some problems may be minor at best‚ other ’s could lead to major profit loss. Most of

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