Operations Mangement Principals

Professor Bryce Hays

By

Douglas Rendles

Project 3

MGM340-1203A-04

Operations Management Principles

Aug 10, 2012

When it comes to question of what technique may be guiding the design of the process and what the exact benefit is. I believe that the two in comparison are quite different even though the outcome is the same. For instance the closed track pit car crew total focus and purpose is speed, it's a race of course. We are also dealing with an organization that is self-sufficient and is dedicated to one vehicle and one vehicle only as oppose to a mechanic shop that might have to order parts from a different store across town and very well might be dealing with several vehicle a time. So I often think to myself what is being sacrifice in the name of speed, historically the fastest service is not always the best.

Organizing resources, focus, continual rapid improvement, and unified purpose, for example if a mechanic shop maintains 2 pulleys where automobile can be boosted for overhaul work. And presently consumers come in at the ratio of 4 per hour and are processed at a similar rate. In a typical work day 8 automobile are coming up to be handled, 4 in need of routine maintenances and 4 in need of possible major maintenances. Individual are attended on a first come first serve basis. By dedicating one hoist for routine patch-ups and the other for more major repairs. A recent study shows that routine upkeeps are treated at the rate of 3 per hour and major repairs at the rate of 1 per hour. There are now 5 people waiting on average for routine repairs and 3 waiting on average for major repairs. And although speed may be important it is not the ultimate goal.

A baggage handling system (BHS) is a kind of conveyor system set up in airports being used carry checked baggage from ticket counters to areas where the bags can be loaded onto airplanes. A BHS also transports checked baggage coming from airplanes to baggage claims or to an area where the bag can be loaded onto another airplane. While the main purpose of a BHS is the transportation of bags, a usual BHS may serve additional purposes involved in making sure that a bag gets to the right location in the airport. This procedure of classifying luggage, as well as the data linked with it, to make a assessment on where the baggage will be bound for inside the system is also called sortation. This is the all-inclusive procedure that the BHS controls. As soon as the lugagge is put on the in-bound conveyor, to the gathering conveyor, through sorting until it arrives at the designated aircraft and onto the baggage carousel after the flight, the BHS has control over the bag. And I think that the bottom-line is just resources, using the same conveyor system to load a small plane would be cumbersome and difficult. It may be just more productive to just add more man power to the smaller plane that to add an addition conveyor to the smaller aircrafts.

These are the instances where knowing your customer and knowing your competition plays a major part of your manufacturing decision. If you customers wants the feeling of custom made designer sweaters and they want specific colors to fit their personality for instance, this could justify making orders on hand compared to making