Production Management Task Brief

Production Management Task Brief

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Production Management Task Brief

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME: PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Task brief & rubrics

Assignment 1

The students need to prepare the assignment individually in essay format submitting only one pdf file for all 3 parts.

PART 1:

FLOW CHART EXERCISE (20%):

Go to the next link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2plIal6HmU and draw the flow chart of the process how TOOTHBRUSHES are made.

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PART 2:

PRODUCTIVITY AND MEASUREMENT RATIOS (5O% in total – 15% for question 1; 35% for question 2)

1. A gearbox manufacturing company has provided the following data. Compare the labor, raw materials and supplies and total productivity of 1996 and 1997. Provide a conclusion and recommendations.

Output: Sales value of production in dollar ($)

22,000 (in 200) and 35,000 (in 2001)

2000 2001

Inputs: Labor 10,000 15,000

Raw materials and Supplies 8,000 12,500

Capital equipment depreciation 700 1,200

Other 2,200 4,800

2. How can you define the concept of “productivity” in production and operations management? What are the benefits derived from higher productivity? Prove your answer by selecting one company from sweets/bakery industries and explain which techniques does the selected company use to improve productivity.

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PART 3:

CONTEXTUALIZED LAYOUT COMPARISON: (30%)

In a magnet factory the boss is considering a reorganisation of the lay-out. She is considering the two proposals below. Which is the best way? Complete the table below and justify your recommendation with the reasons why.

Activity 1= 10 seconds; Activity 2= 25 seconds; Activity 3= 50 seconds;

Activity 4= 45 seconds; Activity 5= 30 seconds; Activity 6= 30 seconds

If you work with only 3 workers, the new lay-out is:

Recommendations and Justification

Submission: Week 5, 30th of October 2021 at 23:59 CEST – Via Moodle (Turnitin).

Weight: This task is 30% of your total grade for this subject.

Formalities:

• Wordcount for both assignments: 700 words.
• Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.
• Font: Arial 12,5 pts.
• Text alignment: Justified.
• The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Production Management Task Brief

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