Category: Manufacturing

  • Sustainability in the Manufacturing Company Context

    Creating a sustainable economic environment, in which a company could evolve and increase its performance capability, is the primary goal of any modern entrepreneurship (Pyzdek & Keller, 2014). However, the process of managing change is fraught with numerous difficulties. For this purpose, the concept of Six Sigma can be used as the primary tool for…

  • Responding to Threats Posed by Offshore Manufacturing

    Table of Contents Topics and Issues to Investigate Aims, Objectives, and Research Questions Data Collection Process Subject Areas Reference List Topics and Issues to Investigate The fashion apparel industry of the 21st century centers around low-cost manufacturing. The most profitable global brands such as Zara, H&M, and others take advantage of low-cost labor in developing…

  • Values That the ISO9000 Can Bring to Riordan Manufacturing

    Introduction ISO 9000 is the accepted system of standards that guarantee correspondence to the world standards and that regulate quality management. Originally, the correspondence to the ISO standards does not guarantee the high quality of the production, however, the adherence to the requirements of these systems of standard promotes the further development of any company.…

  • Improvement to Supply Chain Process in Riordan Manufacturing

    Riordan Manufacturing Inc being an industry leader in the field of plastic injection moulding is an innovative and future oriented company. The company wants to introduce effective supply chain management initiatives for increasing the key values of the company. Since the Riordan has a reputation for the quality of its products, the proposed improvements should…

  • Riordan Manufacturing Companys Process Design

    Table of Contents Introduction MRP Systems for the manufacturing of Riordan fans A New Process design for the Riordan electric fans Supply Chain Management for electric Fans Production Forecast of the Riordan manufacturing Gantt chart of design process Conclusion Reference Introduction A process is a set of interrelated and interdependent activities at every stage that…

  • Cigarette Manufacturers Liability

    Manufacturing and selling a product that causes serious health consequences may bring various ethical questions. In Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. 505 U.S. 504 (1992), the court addressed the plaintiffs complaint, which alleged that cigarette manufacturers (the defendant) were responsible for the death of his mother, a smoker of 42 years. The plaintiff argued that…

  • Melbourne Manufacturing Companys Hedging Options

    Table of Contents Remaining Un-Hedged Hedging in the Forward Market Hedging in the Money Market Hedging in the Options Market Conclusion References As the CFO of Melbourne Manufacturing, Shiela Forbes needs to draw a conclusion on whether to hedge while realizing the sale of a turbine generator. The deal between the US-based Melbourne Manufacturing and…

  • A Manufacturing Plant in the Global Marketplace

    Table of Contents Introduction Market research Machineries Technology Demand and supply Labors and employees Elasticity Conclusion References Introduction One of the most important technological joints in the Modern times is the manufacturing plants. In recent times, the environmental aspect is one of the bigger setbacks for the manufacturing plants in recent times (Luo 2006). To…

  • Sonys Projector Manufacturing Market in 1989

    The competitive situation on the projector market considering Electrohome production in 1989 and the strategy applied by Sony will be discussed in the present essay. Electrohome was a Canadian company, a relatively small batch manufacturer, by 1989 mostly specializing in projector production. The company proclaimed key advantages of its products like user-friendliness, relatively small size…

  • Safety & Lean: One Manufacturers Lessons Learned and Best Practices

    In their article, Safety & Lean: One manufacturers lessons learned and best practices, Hallowell, Veltri, and Johnson consider the issue of safe and lean manufacture. They also provide steps on how to make work environment safer and production more effective and efficient. The number of organizations that begin to implement lean production strategies is rapidly…