Computer-integrated manufacturing

From other side, decisions taken on the business level have to be executed by control systems. Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) are service-oriented interfaces that join these two worlds. The classical MES are defined by a static hierarchy of services and data structures, which makes them very difficult to modify. The change of the production model from mass manufacturing to customised manufacturing and short-series production presents new challenges to MES [1]. The emergence of the concept…

Leadership is a skill that is required for anyone who holds a superior role in business and expect success in their line of work. Leaders play the most important role is any business that is trying to expand and become better. Leaders are said to be born, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t need guidance to fully fulfill their possibilities. The three big point that were discussed were communication skills, taking action, and how to improve for the future. A leader needs to be able to handle…

As a manufacturing company our Production Budget is fairly complicated, as we need to take into account multiple projects running at the same time with each having three stages of inventory accounts; raw materials, work in process (WIP) and finished goods (FG). This creates a large number of asset accounts that manufacturing needs to determine “transfers to” and “transfers from”. In our business we use dollar values in the calculation of these transfers (demand) rather than volume, as our…

Company Overview Masonite Inc. (NYSE: DOOR) is a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of interior and exterior doors for residential construction (37%), renovation, remodelling, and repair (43%) and commercial building construction (20%). Having made 17 acquisitions since 2010, Masonite’s portfolio of brands now includes Marshfield, Mohawk, Algoma, Birchwood Best, Door-Stop, Harring Doors, Performance Doorset Solutions, and National Hickman. Masonite’s management team consists of…

approach to be adopted by Chevy Bolt, SBU should be a generic one linked to the strategy of manufacturing. The third one should include the recent works on capability and competence. 1.1. Production strategies The one-dimensional strategies should be applied with respect to the strategies’ content. The strategies that should be adopted are the total quality, JIT, empowerment, and MRP II. In addition, lean manufacturing, multi-dimensional strategies can be employed. These strategies can be…

It is evitable that businesses will always see a change of employees. Mondy (2012) states that “Even when an organization is totally committed to making its environment a good place to work, workers will still resign” (Mondy, 2012, pg.374). Employees leave the organizations where they work for a variety of reasons. When organizations experience a high employee turnover, they need to analyze what the possible causes could be. While they may think that employees are leaving for personal reasons or…

Canada is one of the many first-world countries who use sweatshops; achieving a more profitable, yet cheaper way of making their consumer products more successful. This paper will expose the truth behind sweatshops and their positioning in the industry. It is the responsibility of these companies to ensure the safety and equal labour laws of the manufacturers. However, none of these are actually applied to the people in factories who make these products. Due to the inhumane conditions that…

Chapter 18 Sunrise Service A news of an Extruded Expandrium plant in Pocatello by the Company appears at the beginning of this chapter. Ben Franklyn was selected as the Plant Construction Superintendent with Ted Shelby and Stanley as his staff. Their job was to manage with the electrical, mechanical and operations people. It did not take much of a time to notice that thing are not going on a right track and Ben Franklyn called for a meeting to give his views about the same. A meeting was…

It offered a new paradigm to replace mass production. It proposes reorganization mainly along three lines. Firstly, the reorganization of manufacturing techniques that involved the usage of Just-in-time (JIT) and Total Quality Management (TQM) techniques in production. JIT calls for the elimination of waste in production and producing only what is required and when it is required. TQM argues for…

Introduction Dana Holding Corporation a leading public company in the United States’ automotive parts manufacturing industry. It mostly produces driveline products such as drive shafts, axles, and transmissions. It also provides service parts and thermal-management merchandises. Its customers include several companies that assemble light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles both within and without the United States. Dana’s prosperity in the automotive industry comes from the business-level…