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To stay within compliance the company should follow US Safety and environmental standards and update technology to meet these standards. An improvement in technology will increase efficiency and effectiveness throughout the plant and a plan to implement these changes should be done over the span of 3 to 5 years. This time frame to update technology allows enough time for the updates to be made effectively and the new machines to be produced. The administrative offices are shabby, disorganized, and run inefficiently. Improving technology here will increase efficiency and effectiveness as well. The administrative offices should be updated with new technology and ergonomic offices with plans to ensure they stay updated by updated computers and software technology every three years. (02) The purchase of additional equipment will take away the need to share manufacturing equipment between the mushroom/bell anchors and the snag hook anchors. The new equipment needs to be top of the line as this will be the most cost-effective way to upgrade the technology and keep Albatross Anchor competitive for years to come. Time saved is primarily where the most cost savings will be achieved. The separate equipment will remove the 36 hours needed to change over the equipment between the mushroom/bell anchor production and the snag hook anchor production. (03) Two manufacturing areas need to be created, one for the snag hook anchor, and another for the bell anchors. This will increase production capabilities since it will create two separate manufacturing areas, and will address the new technology and the new equipment needed in the plant. Short-Term Operational Changes (01) Albatross Anchor must update the environmental standards of their plant to bring them up to code.
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This will not only update key safety and environmental standards, it will also deter Albatross Anchor from having to pay fines or be closed down in the future if they have repeated violations. In order to help with this alignment with the U. S. environmental and safety standards the remodel to the production area needs to be completed. The remodel will move the foundry and the production machines to the far end of the building and put the warehouse on the same side as shipping and receiving department near the administration office. This remodel will allow Albatross Anchor to bring up the plant to U.S. safety and environmental standards (02) The remodel of the plant will also help the warehouse, shipping and receiving personnel. Moving the warehouse in between the shipping and receiving departments will reduce the amount of time needed to pull orders for shipment thus reducing the staging time needed. By having one location for both the finished goods and raw materials allows for the cross training between shipping and receiving as well as allows both departments to have access to each part of the building they need without adding extra work to one department. (03) A final change that needs to be done is to update the administrative offices, and shipping and receiving departments with new technology and ergonomically correct desks. This should be implemented within 6 months which will allow the flow of information between the locations to much faster. By improving the flow of communication it will allow the administration to advise if there is changes needed in the schedule, and to be able to provide realistic information to Albatross Anchor’s customers. Question Two From the list of ten operational issues in the Unit 6 assignment instructions …show more content…
Employees feel empowered because their contribution is making a difference to the company. To increase employee dedication and increase morale implementing both profit sharing and gainsharing allows the employees to see that their performance is directly related to the financial objectives of the company
Operational Issue Three:
Job Design is an operational issue that Albatross Anchor might be facing. Is the right person in the right role? This directly correlates to job design. Every employee cannot perform every function within a company certain employees are better suited to roles than others. Frederick Herzberg identified attributes that make a potential job design a good fit (Russell & Taylor III, 2011). Employees that are well suited to their jobs are more likely to be happy and stay at their job. They will be happier because they will not be ill suited to handle the task at hand.
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This will not only update key safety and environmental standards, it will also deter Albatross Anchor from having to pay fines or be closed down in the future if they have repeated violations. In order to help with this alignment with the U. S. environmental and safety standards the remodel to the production area needs to be completed. The remodel will move the foundry and the production machines to the far end of the building and put the warehouse on the same side as shipping and receiving department near the administration office. This remodel will allow Albatross Anchor to bring up the plant to U.S. safety and environmental standards (02) The remodel of the plant will also help the warehouse, shipping and receiving personnel. Moving the warehouse in between the shipping and receiving departments will reduce the amount of time needed to pull orders for shipment thus reducing the staging time needed. By having one location for both the finished goods and raw materials allows for the cross training between shipping and receiving as well as allows both departments to have access to each part of the building they need without adding extra work to one department. (03) A final change that needs to be done is to update the administrative offices, and shipping and receiving departments with new technology and ergonomically correct desks. This should be implemented within 6 months which will allow the flow of information between the locations to much faster. By improving the flow of communication it will allow the administration to advise if there is changes needed in the schedule, and to be able to provide realistic information to Albatross Anchor’s customers. Question Two From the list of ten operational issues in the Unit 6 assignment instructions …show more content…
Employees feel empowered because their contribution is making a difference to the company. To increase employee dedication and increase morale implementing both profit sharing and gainsharing allows the employees to see that their performance is directly related to the financial objectives of the company
Operational Issue Three:
Job Design is an operational issue that Albatross Anchor might be facing. Is the right person in the right role? This directly correlates to job design. Every employee cannot perform every function within a company certain employees are better suited to roles than others. Frederick Herzberg identified attributes that make a potential job design a good fit (Russell & Taylor III, 2011). Employees that are well suited to their jobs are more likely to be happy and stay at their job. They will be happier because they will not be ill suited to handle the task at hand.
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