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Toy Manufacturers and Wal-Mart, 2007.
This paper examines whether toy manufacturers should support retailers other than Wal-Mart by offering exclusive products.
974 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 20.95
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This paper examines the US toy market and its relationship to Wal-Mart. The author argues that toys should be distributed though various channels because of the stagnant growth of the industry. Also cited are other threats to toy manufacturers. The author concludes that toys should be distributed through as many channels as possible besides Wal-Mart.
Outline:
Introduction
The Toy Industry Overview and the Challenges it Faces
Possible Alternative Channels Should Toys 'R' Us Cease to Exist
Conclusion
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"The United States toy and game market grew by a very low 0.4 percent in 2004, to a value of approximately $31.1 billion. The United States is the largest segment in the global toy market, accounting for 39.3 percent of the global market's value ("Toys & games", 2005, p. 3). Toy sales and profitability fell dramatically in 2003, with net earnings falling from $229 million to $88 million, in the course of a year (Brown, 2004). Although the United States is a large player in the global market, there are three distinct areas that may represent a challenge for toy manufacturers, when it comes to distribution: stagnant market growth, reduced distribution channels, and the potential loss of Toys 'R' Us."
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Firewalls and their Manufacturers, 2002.
The who and what behind firewall manufacturing.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 16 sources, £ 52.95
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This is a 10-page paper on the basis of firewalls and the different firms that make firewalls available.
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Competing with Japanese Manufacturers, 1990.
Describes the manufacturing processes in Japan and presents the options for American and European companies to compete with Japanese effectively.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, £ 13.95
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"There has been a great deal of Japanese industrial expansion since World War II which has been noted by other industrialized nations around the world. Japan began from a position far behind the West, with a devastated infrastructure. Yet over time the country became a major economic power, challenging the United States and other industrialized nations for world leadership in innovation and industrial production. This is especially true in high-tech industries. The U.S. has recently started giving Japan greater attention. Companies in the U.S. study management styles used in Japan and try use them to increase the success of their operations. There has also been a move to increase in Japanese investment in the U.S., with the opening of Japanese manufacturing companies in the U.S.
Kuniyasu Sakai does not understand why American companies are..."
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Lawsuits Against Gun Manufacturers, 2000.
An evaluation of suits, in contexts of gun control and the 2nd Amendment including the role of the NRA, tort law, negligence, examples, public's views, personal vs, business responsibility and purpose of suits.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 12 sources, £ 70.95
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"Executive Summary
Gun control has been a contentious issue in American politics for some time. Government regulation of guns has long affected the gun industry and has raised issues of how government action can add to costs without assuring greater safety. Recently, several cities have undertaken a new approach by suing gun manufacturers for the way their product is used, extending the idea of product liability in the same way earlier litigation did with the tobacco industry. The cities want the manufacturers to reimburse them for health care costs associated with shootings. This has generated considerable controversy. Those opposed to gun regulations are of course against this sort of litigation, but even many supporters of gun control find that this is the wrong method for achieving their ends and that such..."
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American Software Manufacturers Overseas, 2006.
Using the example of an American-based company that works with the international labor market, this paper examines the legal complications that may arise when running an international business.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 3 sources, £ 58.95
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This paper examines the struggles of an American-based company that is eager to exploit the international labor market for all it's worth. The paper looks at the company's geographic location, its product(s), its ethical duties (and to whom those duties are owed), the potential complications of hiring young people, its legal struggles over a breach of contract (brought about in part by negligent workers in India), what it can do to avoid a similar situation in the future and how it might finesse its way out of its (potential) legal quagmire.
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"There can be little doubt that free trade has opened the world up in extraordinary ways to American businesses. However, with any multinational organization, the complexity of juggling an international business that stretches across oceans and transcends borders means that mistakes are made and that, occasionally, products are received by clients late or not at all or they are defective. The following paper will examine a situation wherein an American-based company with production operations overseas is being threatened with lawsuits by disgruntled clients convinced the organization has been derelict in its responsibilities to them."
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Lean Manufacturing, 2004.
This paper discusses the concept called lean manufacturing, a manufacturing process that uses less of every resource, including material, time, and energy.
1,345 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 26.95
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This paper explains that lean manufacturing is a paradigm shift requiring that the organization be structured around the customer pull-value. The author points out that, since the early 1980s, manufacturers have moved away from the conventional Fordist push system of mass assembly line production toward a system of lean production. The paper relates that lean manufacturing is a more capable system of production than Fordism because lean manufacturing stresses quality and a quick reaction to market circumstances, using technologically advanced tools and an adaptable organization of the production process.
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"Implementation of lean manufacturing consumes lots of time and it makes use of the concepts of effective plant layout, workplace organization, standardized work, customer demand-based manufacturing, quick changeover, one-piece flow, cellular manufacturing, batch reduction, teams, visual controls, quality at the source, point-of-use storage. Lean manufacturing also employs the contemporary essentials and technologies of scrap cutback, process enhancement in machining and tool selection over and above material selection, setting time reduction, Just-In-Time, Kaizan, top-notch manufacturing, synchronous manufacturing, and inventory management."
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Lean-Manufacturing in the Automobile Industry, 2002.
An in-depth study examining the transition in automobile manufacturing from a mass production approach to a lean manufacturing approach, due to the effects of globalization.
9,480 words (approx. 37.9 pages), 34 sources, APA, £ 115.95
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The context of the problem investigated in this study is the contemporary automobile manufacturing approach where the competitive environment is increasingly global in character. Each automobile manufacturing operation in a single country is, in effect, in direct competition with counterpart operations in every other country wherever automobile manufacturing occurs. The problem is examined in the context of an automobile assembly plant of the TBC Company. The on-rush of economic globalization persuaded all American automobile manufacturers that a completely new approach to manufacturing was required in place of the hodge-podge of mass production and Japanese khan bhan techniques that had developed. The result of this conclusion was the development of lean manufacturing. The problem investigated in this study involves the transition in manufacturing from a mass production approach to a lean manufacturing approach. The main characteristics of the problem addressed are (1) materials management, (2) engineering changes, (3) machine, equipment and facility readiness, (4) labor flexibility, (5) outsourcing, and (6) cycle-time management.
Table of Contents:
Problem Context and Characteristics
Literature Review, Best Practices and Focal Organization Characteristics
Research Design
Gap Analysis
Conclusions and Recommendations
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"The greater choice of suppliers in international markets makes it possible to reduce costs and improve the quality of procured materials. In relation to production, the generation of economies of scale can be realized either through (1) the concentration of all production activities or through (2) the construction of a number of plants according to the needs of specialization. Production in decentralized plants can facilitate the attainment of several objectives, including (1) lower costs, (2) learning curve economies, (3) the establishment of a company in foreign markets, (4) the introduction of new products, and (5) technical leadership (Gulati, 1995)."
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Just-in-Time (JIT) Manufacturing, 2004.
Examines how the Japanese JIT process is applied to the automobile industry.
1,828 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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In our newly competitive global economy, manufacturers of all kinds have been forced to search for new opportunities that strategically reduce costs, yet still increase potential manufacturing revenues. The manufacturing of automobiles is just one such example of an industry adopting a new manufacturing process or philosophy in order to adjust to the global business environment, which has been fueled by the likes of foreign cheap labor, as well as all new emerging markets. The paper shows that, in the 1990s, reducing the labor force was the main corporate option, as layoffs, downsizing, and corporate re-structuring symbolized the approaches of companies attempting to produce quality outputs and cutting costs. Today, the manufacturing processes are working at bare-bones efficiency, so an all-new approach was required to meet the even higher quality demands of the consumers. Considering the likes of automobile manufacturers such as Ford Motor Company and General Motors, this paper shows that the automobile manufacturing industry began following the philosophies that were introduced by Toyota: Just-In-Time manufacturing. The philosophy of Just-In-Time inventory control was supposed to deliver new and far superior quality control methodologies, while at the same time creating much more efficient manufacturing processes. However, the Just-In-Time system or process approach has recently been referred to by many top executives as a management philosophy of doing business as opposed to being a technique for improving efficiency. This report, therefore, presents some insights into Just-In-Time manufacturing and also provides insight into some of the inherent difficulties associated with the Just-In-Time manufacturing process.
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"The driving force of the Just-In-Time philosophy is the reduction of product defects. Manufacturers are well aware that with the internet and global television news, a single defect that is highly publicized could in affect destroy a producer's reputation. Thus, products today have the inherent need of being a completely defect-free which therefore entails that the manufacturing process of all components and parts must also be defect free."
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Lean Manufacturing, 2004.
An analysis of the implementation of lean manufacturing as a cost-effective and time-efficient method of manufacturing.
3,870 words (approx. 15.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 62.95
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This paper investigates the implementation of lean manufacturing in a custom transducer manufacturing company. The paper explains that lean production emphasizes waste elimination. Lean manufacturing requires a disciplined form of production. Every component of the manufacturing process is analyzed repeatedly for flaws and defects.The paper claims that lean manufacturing is a difficult change to implement in an organization, and it takes great discipline from the management to the rank-and-file worker to obtain the positive results of this methodology.
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"The age of customization in manufacturing has given way to mass production. While there were many benefits to mass production, there were some aspects of mass production that were less than desirable. One of the primary negative aspects of mass production was the inventory. Organizations had to maintain inventories in order to ensure continuous production. Inventory includes: raw materials, component parts, subassemblies, and finished goods, and the various products and supplies required in the production and distribution process. Inventory can be a liability as well as an asset: excessive, finished (goods) inventory requires large warehouses; many times, this is the first indication of bad decisions in the production and process stages."
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Manufacturing Sectors in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, 2002.
An in-depth study which compares the manufacturing sector of Jamaica with the manufacturing sector in Trinidad and Tobago and why one is more successful than the other.
12,014 words (approx. 48.1 pages), 43 sources, MLA, £ 138.95
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This paper compares, through the application of appropriate economic models, the development of the manufacturing sub-sector in Jamaica with the manufacturing sub-sector in Trinidad in order to identify those factors that have led to higher levels of growth in Trinidadian manufacturing than those prevailing in Jamaican manufacturing. The paper asks if the differences between Jamaica and Trinidad in the effectiveness of the transmission of export gains, have contributed to differences in the growth of the manufacturing sub-sector in the two countries. It also questions whether the differences between Jamaica and Trinidad, in relation to the development of internal obstacles emanating from governmental economic policy, have led to differences in the levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the two countries.
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"Throughout the decade of the 1980s, Jamaica experienced economic growth. The nation?s mean growth rate for the decade was 2.2 percent, and the Jamaican economy recorded its highest growth rate, 4.1 percent, in 1990. Subsequently to 1990, Jamaican economy performed somewhat erratically through 1994 while maintaining growth. The economy was flat in 1995 and fell into recession in 1996, where it has since remained (World Bank, 1999). Gross domestic product (GDP) in Jamaica declined 0.7 percent in 1998 (Thomas, 1999). By the spring of 1999, Jamaica?s economy was described as being in a state of "shambles" after recording its third consecutive year of recession in 1998 (Gibbings, 1999, p. 1).
The Trinidadian economy, by contrast with that in Jamaica, was in recession throughout the 1980s, experiencing mean negative growth of 2.9 percent across the decade. Trinidad experienced two years of economic growth in 1990 and 1991 before falling back into recession in both 1992 and 1993. From 1994 through 1998, however, Trinidad recorded strong economic growth, although the rate of growth steadily declined from 3.8 percent in 1994 to 3.1 percent in 1998 (World Bank, 1999). By the spring of 1999, however, Trinidad?s economy was described as being in "rapid decline" (Gibbings, 1999, p. 1). GDP growth in the first quarter of 1999 slipped to two-percent (International Monetary Fund, 1999)."
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Manufacturer ? Supplier Relations, 2004.
An analysis of the evolving relationship between manufacturers and suppliers.
3,131 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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There is little doubt that technology is transforming manufacturing. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) has arguably benefited greatly from the advent of the computer age and, in fact, modern expressions of the ideas of Philip Crosbie and W. Edwards Deming certainly would not be as robust as they are without the technological advances, both in process and in the information-technologies supporting manufacturing processes. In particular, enterprise resource planning has given the entire field a boost. This paper discusses the effect ERP has on the relation between manufacturers and suppliers.
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Introduction
The First Part of the Equation
The Second Part of the Equation
Major Market Participants
Hypotheses
Research Design
Research Model
Conclusion
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"ERP systems are the linchpin on which forward-looking manufacturers are hanging their quest for market share. In today's technology, three years is a relatively long time. Still, in 2001, there was "some talk of virtual enterprises in which supplier's and customer's ERP systems are tied to companies through the Internet to coordinate the supply chain" (Manetti, 2001) Other experts thought there would be, instead, a sort of "plug and play" (Manetti, 2001) modular approach, which could be limited to suppliers deemed worthy of 'playing.' Most experts seemed to agree, however, that flexibility would be key. "
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"Synchronous Manufacturing" by Umble and Srikanth, 1991.
This paper is a chapter by chapter review of the textbook "Synchronous Manufacturing: Principles for World Class Excellence" by Dr. M. Michael Umble and Dr. M. L. Srikanth on manufacturing environment, cost systems and innovations including Just-In-Time
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, £ 28.95
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""Synchronous Manufacturing: Principles for World Class Excellence" by Dr. M. Michael Umble and Dr. M. L. Srikanth provides students with aids to understanding the dynamic manufacturing environment. This 262 page text reviews traditional approaches to manufacturing, including cost systems, and recent innovations, such as Just-In-Time. An index and bibliography help the reader find information within the book, and refer the reader to additional sources. Each chapter ends with a summary and a series of review questions to help the reader reap the maximum benefit from the information contained in the chapter. This research provides a review of the book in the form of chapter summaries.
The authors begin their text with the suggestion that the United States is losing ground in world manufacturing. "
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Evolution of Manufacturing, 2000.
An examination of the history and developments in the global manufacturing industry, focusing on the automation-based "agile manufacturing" technique.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 5 sources, £ 42.95
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"Introduction
The term "agile manufacturing" has recently been coined in the manufacturing industry. While it lacks a clear or formal definition (Maskell, 1994, p. 39), it is does embody the spirit of the changes, which are taking place in the global manufacturing industry today. In order for an organization to compete effectively in the world markets of today, more is required than just an implementation of new manufacturing techniques or the latest in Enterprise Requirements Planning (ERP) software such as PeopleSoft, SAP, or Oracle. Instead, the company must change its basic business processes and operations such that products, quality and service become second to none. Therefore, "agile manufacturing" represents not simply a set of techniques; rather, it represents a total, perhaps radical, changes in the way the ..."
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