The market place in today’s world has undergone revolutionary changes with respect to many factors such as competition, customer preferences, delivery locations, cost of production and lead time for new product development. These changes have affected the industrial manufacturing sector to adopt strategies that attempt to satisfy these changed needs. Lean and Agile are two manufacturing strategies applied in industrial sectors all over the world […]

They are a company they will strive to keep focus on what is important and to continue to create trainees as they are needed to continue to compete against rivals they have and to show how they can perform. Ordain Manufacturing is a company focused on being the leader in manufacturing polymer materials for companies like automotive and aircraft parts manufacturers and beverage makers and […]

International Business Law Case brief Title:    Camel Manufacturing Co. v. United States 686 F. Supp 912 (1988) Court of International Trade Facts: The plaintiff imported nylon tents weighing over thirty pounds into the United States. These tents were designed to hold up to nine people and were used by people who camped outdoors solely or who camped outdoors while engaging in other activities like […]

The American University in Cairo School of Sciences and Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals of Manufacturing Processes Overview Review Questions 1. What are the differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary industries? Give an example of each category. Answer. A primary industry is one that cultivates and exploits natural resources, such as agriculture or mining.A secondary industry takes the outputs of primary industries and converts […]

The Ordain Manufacturing Company utilizes the level strategy for their manufacturing and production planning. The process begins with the raw materials that are received by the receiving team who ensure all necessary materials are accounted for and this team moves the raw materials to the factory. The receiving supervisor then compares shipping documents against scheduled incoming orders for processing. These orders are then received by […]

1. How much overhead cost would be saved by outsourcing the production of muffler-exhaust systems and oil pans if a. Overhead costs were entirely fixed costs? $0 would be saved because fixed costs are not affected by the reduced number of labor caused by outsourcing. b. Overhead costs were entirely variable costs? (How is the volume of activity measured at Bridgeton? Why is volume not […]

The company was founded by Dr. Riordan, a professor of chemistry he started Riordan plastics, Inc in 1991. Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics, medical supplies, stents, automotive parts, appliance manufacture’s parts, airplane parts, and beverage containers manufacturer. Riordan has 500 employees with a projected annual earnings of $46 million and a fortune of 1000 enterprises with revenues of $1 billion. Riordan Manufacturing has 4 […]

Barnes and Fischer, LLP| To:| Jane Hunter| From:| Susan Anderson, Elizabeth Lane, Chantal Murphy, Elizabeth Robinson| CC:| Dr. Cashell| Date:| 3/5/2013| Re:| Decision on Accepting Ocean Manufacturing as a client| | Recommendation: We recommend that we do not accept Ocean Manufacturing as a client. Justification:There were several issues we considered when making our recommendation:0Independence Violation0No experience in the industry0Can’t do consulting because SOX violation0Red flag […]

The amount of information on the effects of down sizing on manufacturing was not plentiful, however one main point that flows through all of the articles is that even though down sizing may be done to help a company it can end up hurting them in the long run. In the paragraphs to follow we look at the effects that downsizing has on people and […]

Information System Implementation Case Study Analysis Introduction: PacSci has been a successful medium size aerospace/defense company. It has been in business since 19760s. (1) The company has very good reputation in price and quality. However, it always has problem with OTD (on time delivery). Ten years ago, the OTD problem was not an issue, because there weren’t too many competitions. But in the last few […]