Question: UCW OPMT 301: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY #2 Boys & Boden To what extent could (or should) Dean expect to apply the philosophies and techniques

UCW OPMT 301: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY #2 Boys & Boden

  1. To what extent could (or should) Dean expect to apply the philosophies and techniques of JIT to the running of the staircase cell?

  2. What are likely to be the main categories of costs and benefits in establishing the cell? Are there any non -financial benefits that should be considered?

  3. At what stage, and how should Dean sell his idea to the Joinery Manager and to the workers?

  4. How different would the cell work (job design) be to that in the main Joinery Department?

  5. Should Dean differentiate the working environment by providing distinctive workwear, such as T-shirts, and distinctively painted machines to reinforce a cultural change?

  6. What risks are associated with Deans proposal?

  7. Evaluate the proposed CAD/CAM system in terms of its contribution to each of the five operations performance objectives. In doing this, you could make comparisons between the existing and proposed systems.

  8. Analyze the degree of automation inherent in the proposed system. What other process elements could be automated, and what is unlikely ever to be auto-mated?

  9. To what extent does the proposed CAD/CAM system provide future opportunities to integrate customer, information, and material processing technologies?

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