BUS 644 Week 6 Final Paper Space Age Furniture Problem

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BUS 644 Week 6 Final PaperSpace Age Furniture ProblemUniversityNameIn the case of Space Age Furniture Company, the operations manager Coral must addressthe challenge of producing 2,000 units of part 3079 without requiring overtime from the skilledoperator, Ed. Discuss the effectiveness of the production smoothing strategy, the possibility ofhiring an additional operator, and the impact of inventory space costs on profitability. Evaluatethe advantages and disadvantages of these strategies and propose the most efficient solution forthe company to meet customer demand while minimizing costs. (Minimum 750 words)

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Read “Space Age Furniture Company” in Chapter 9 of your text. Respond to the following andinclude any Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) calculations:a.Develop an MRP for Space Age Furniture Company using the information in the case includingthe production of sub-assemblies in lot sizes of 1,000.b.The lot size of 1,000 for sub-assemblies has produced a lumpy demand for part 3079. Suggestways for improvements over sub-assemblies in lot sizes of 1,000.c.Analyze the trade-off between overtime costs and inventory costs.d.Calculate a new MRP that improves the base MRP.e.Compare and contrast the types of production processing—job shop, batch, repetitive, orcontinuous—and determine which the primary mode of operation is and why.f.Describe ways that management can keep track of job status and location during production.g.Recommend any changes that might be beneficial to the company and/or add value for thecustomeAbstractThe Space Age Furniture Company appropriated a requisition of 1000 Gemini furniture piecesand an alternate for 1000 Saturn furniture pieces. The unit that will generate theysaid units isequipped for gathering the handling of the requested products, however the quandary is theaccessibility of a gifted worker who can proficiently work the extraordinary machine required inthe processing of a particular part to finish an unit. The main mechanic of the organization canprepare 30 bits of said part in a hour, 240 pieces in a general 8 hour work day, or what added upto 1,200 pieces in a 5 working days for every week. Anyhow to take care of the demand of thecustomer for a particular date of conveyance, 2,000 units must be made in one week. Ed, themain gifted machine admin is hesitant to work more extra minutes. In this way, the furnitureorganization is confronted with the issue of conveying the requested units asked for by thecustomer on a particular date and influencing Ed to work additional minutes throughout the

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whole weeks of processing. The organization hasone week lead opportunity to transform bothrequested items.Space Age Furniture ProblemStruggling to meet the client satisfaction, by effectively balancing production of goodswith employee contentment is always a problem to producers of goods. Take the case of SpaceAge Furniture Company. The company has only one machine operator who can operate thespecial lathe that will produce part number 3079 needed in the completion of both Genesis 425and Saturn 257, part 3079 is essential in the production of both commissioned products. But thisessential part is only produced by the special lathe which only Ed can skillfully operate. With Edopting to work the regular shift, 8 hours in five regular working days, only 1,200 pieces will bemade in a week. But with the higher demand for the products and the time element included inthe order, more of part 3079 must be produced per day which would translate to overtime workfor Ed, if he agrees to it. Hiring another machinist to take over the production after Ed’s shiftends, may yet solve the problem but the special lathe requires a highly skilled operator like Ed,to work it efficiently, and not a lot of Ed’s caliber can be immediately hired to do the work.Another alternative is a training anew operator, but that will not be good option, considering thatthe new recruit may not turn out to be as skilled as Ed.“With Coral, the operations manager of thecompanyis tasked to address the problem ofsolving the timely and efficient production of the specific part without the burden of overtime tothe only available operator of the lathe” (GallegoG, 2011)

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