Managing operations case study analysis
Question 1
A)
Answer: The five Basic steps of Theory of constraints are
1. Identify the constraint
2. Exploit the constraint
3. Subordinate and synchronizes the constraint
4. Elevate the constraint
5. Repeat the constraint
Identify the constraint: It is the first step in which the manager is required to find out that which step is restraining the target by which the goal can be achieved (Constraints etc.) an example of this could be if the manager working on Nissan plants finds out they are running short of any part of any automobile part he will stop the process.
Exploit the constraint:
This is the step in which you will be required to make fast improvements to the throughput of the constraint using …show more content…
(William Schmidt, 2013) TQM is currently divided into seven concepts. These concepts are Continuous improvement, Six Sigma, employee empowerment, benchmarking, just-in-time, Taguchi concepts, and knowledge of TQM tools. (William Schmidt, 2013)There are many tools available today to help operational managers doing their daily tasks. Some of these tools are Pie charts and bar graphs, Histogram, run charts and bar graphs etch Knowing how to utilize these tools can set the company apart from competition i.e. if the managers of the Nissan company can utilize Run charts to follow the process of vehicle assembly over a certain period frame and look for accuracy and track the low and High points in the process to analyze where improvements can be …show more content…
You can see from the above chart Columbia has high cost as compared to Mexico. Also, you can see from the information in the chart with Political risk, Transportation costs and Labor productivity weighted the highest you can get that in Mexico political risk is less, transportation costs are the fraction and the labor productivity is higher in Mexico City. With these factors weighing in for over half of the factors the choice for Nissan would be Mexico City.
Question 2 A Figure-1 Cost and effect diagram
A cause and effect diagram is another tool which is utilized by the managers to discover the locations of the quality problems (Render, 2014). In the case of Nissan Company is utilizing six different factors that may potentially hurt the production or transportation parts or goods to that may hurt the production or transportation of parts of goods to and from the manufacturing plant the diagram could potentially look like as provided like the above one. In that figure you can clearly see the different factors in the boxes which are being followed by causes that may relate to delays in reaching their
Question 1
A)
Answer: The five Basic steps of Theory of constraints are
1. Identify the constraint
2. Exploit the constraint
3. Subordinate and synchronizes the constraint
4. Elevate the constraint
5. Repeat the constraint
Identify the constraint: It is the first step in which the manager is required to find out that which step is restraining the target by which the goal can be achieved (Constraints etc.) an example of this could be if the manager working on Nissan plants finds out they are running short of any part of any automobile part he will stop the process.
Exploit the constraint:
This is the step in which you will be required to make fast improvements to the throughput of the constraint using …show more content…
(William Schmidt, 2013) TQM is currently divided into seven concepts. These concepts are Continuous improvement, Six Sigma, employee empowerment, benchmarking, just-in-time, Taguchi concepts, and knowledge of TQM tools. (William Schmidt, 2013)There are many tools available today to help operational managers doing their daily tasks. Some of these tools are Pie charts and bar graphs, Histogram, run charts and bar graphs etch Knowing how to utilize these tools can set the company apart from competition i.e. if the managers of the Nissan company can utilize Run charts to follow the process of vehicle assembly over a certain period frame and look for accuracy and track the low and High points in the process to analyze where improvements can be …show more content…
You can see from the above chart Columbia has high cost as compared to Mexico. Also, you can see from the information in the chart with Political risk, Transportation costs and Labor productivity weighted the highest you can get that in Mexico political risk is less, transportation costs are the fraction and the labor productivity is higher in Mexico City. With these factors weighing in for over half of the factors the choice for Nissan would be Mexico City.
Question 2 A Figure-1 Cost and effect diagram
A cause and effect diagram is another tool which is utilized by the managers to discover the locations of the quality problems (Render, 2014). In the case of Nissan Company is utilizing six different factors that may potentially hurt the production or transportation parts or goods to that may hurt the production or transportation of parts of goods to and from the manufacturing plant the diagram could potentially look like as provided like the above one. In that figure you can clearly see the different factors in the boxes which are being followed by causes that may relate to delays in reaching their