ACME Manufacturing

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ACME Manufacturing

An analysis of ACME Manufacturing's poor performance and recommendations for the future.

1,884 words () | 6 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the problems facing ACME Manufacturing. It discusses the increasingly competitive environment that the company is facing, its lost revenues and reduced operating margins and its poor competitive performance. The paper focuses on how it is dysfunctional in terms of operational efficiency and somewhat in denial about the severity of its quality and performance. Finally, the paper presents recommendations for ACME Manufacturing, including charts.

Table of Contents:
Overview
Industry Best Practices
Conclusions & Recommendations

From the Paper:

"As this "as is" chart indicates, ACME's operations involve extensive internal movement and transportation of its material from one building to another for, what appears to be, often the same type of activity. For example, it employs two separate buildings for inspection processes that should be located in the same facility and ideally, should be located in the building in which the components are actually manufactured which would completely remove these physical stages from the process. The various suggestions and recommendations for ACME manufacturing are offered in the following "to be" chart in the next section."

Sample of Sources Used:

Payne, Terry and Carl Rothstrom. "ACME Manufacturing."
Avery, Christine, and Diane Zabel. The Quality Management Sourcebook: An International Guide to Materials and Resources. New York: Routledge, 1996.
Beard, L. and Butler, S. "Introducing JIT Manufacturing:
It's Easier Than You Think." Business Horizons, 43(5), p.61.
Chen, Guoquan. "Management Practices and Tools for Enhancing Organizational Learning Capability." SAM Advanced Management Journal 70.1 (2005): 4+.