Essays on Manufacturing

Hilton Manufacturing commenced business in 1976 and now operates from a modern factory of 10,000 square meters, located in Dandenong, in the South East area of Melbourne. To meet increased business demands of our customers in Queensland, Hilton Manufacturing has recently established a second manufacturing plant of 4000 square meters in size, in the South…

Laramie Wire Manufacturing, a medium sized company, is planning an initial public offering of its stock in the next two to three years. Laramie operates in a single 500,000 square foot building complex. Laramie buys copper rod and plastic materials to produce insulated copper wiring. The building complex is composed of 3% office space, 57%…

“Chomsky is credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar, considered to be one of the most significant contributions to the field of theoretical linguistics made in the 20th century. He also helped spark the cognitive revolution in psychology through his review of B.F. Skinner’s Verbal Behavior, in which he challenged the behaviorist…

Manufacturing organisations of today are much more complex than those of the 1960s and earlier years. To manage today’s manufacturing organisations managers require information which is relevant, accurate and readily available. Information is needed to formulate and operationalise functional strategies and to make decisions on product mix and production costs. Although production systems have changed…

1.      As completely as possible, sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. Zara’s supply chain basically revolves around the concept of domestic manufacturing. In this concept, the basic idea is to source out local suppliers, even relying on one own’s production facilities for the raw materials of production.             So,…

Romulac Inc. (RI), a subsidiary of a large successful manufacturing conglomerate, supplies a key component in the assembly of residential cooling systems (air conditioning units, etc. ). There has been tremendous consolidation in RI’s industry, to the point where only five suppliers of this particular component account for nearly 90% of U. S. industry sales….

Case 7-4 Aloha Products Question 1: Evaluate the current control systems for the manufacturing, marketing, and purchasing departments of Aloha Products From the case we can see that Aloha products has a centralized control system. What this means is that the main office or headquarters handled the purchasing, marketing and sales activities of each of…

Question 1: Consider the two categories of products that Timbuk2 makes and sells. For the custom messenger bag, what are the key competitive dimensions that are driving sales? Are their competitive priorities different for the new laptop bags sourced in China? “Timbuk2 is more than a bag; it is more than a brand…” If you…

The Chief Executive Officer of Riordan Manufacturing in a service Request SR-rm-012 requested a summary evaluation that will lead to improvement on all level of Business systems and Subsystems that is currently in place at Riordan Manufacturing. This paper shall review existing Business Systems and Subsystems and proffer necessary suggestions that will lead to improvement…

The following report is providing a overview of the furniture manufacturing company Adorn expanding its sales operations into a foreign country and the consequences of such a decision. The assignment covers: The decision to go global and how to Adorn should choose which country to expand its operations into. Discussed are such aspects as G….