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Module 1: The Production Process

Operations is the engine that drives a business. This module focuses on the heart of that engine: managing the production process. (12 Turns). To gain access to this module, please access the URL your faculty posted in the announcements and course materials section of the classroom to begin. Using the email from Words of Wisdom (WOW) containing your sign in information, log into your McGraw Hill student account and select the MGMT 345 Master (Cape & Cullen), then select “Click here to launch MH Practice.” On the next screen, select Assign & Play to gain access to the various modules. Find "Module 1: The Production Process" on the list and select Play Game. From that point follow the instructions in the simulation.

The warehouse manager thought a recent presentation on operations management was extremely valuable to the company. He now wants to shift the conversation to focus on the production process. He would like you to explain the key components of the production process to others in his department. He has asked you to create a memo that will be sent out to everyone in his department.

Using what you learned in the game module, draft a memo explaining to your production managers how effective the production process can be and how it could help to enhance profitability and stakeholder value for the company, including the following:

  • Provide an overview of what a manufacturing process is and how it is organized.
  • Explain why process thinking is important in operations management.
  • Explain the concepts of setup time, utilization time, production scheduling, and bottlenecks in a simple manufacturing process and what the role of the operations manager is.
  • The memo should include a visual representation of an example process dominant layout and the advantages and disadvantage of such a layout should be provided. You may use the "Shape" or "SmartArt" options in Word for your illustration.

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Running head: MEMO

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Memo
Student Name
Professor Name
Course Title
Date

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MEMO
Memo
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT: THE PRODUCTION PROCESS
The Manufacturing Process
The manufacturing process will see the progression of products through various
machines, and the game managers will guide in the process. The production floor is used as a
work center, and here the devices are grouped by type as products travel from one device to
another when they are controlled. The products will start from cutting, and then they move to
the sewing process; The products are then transferred and arrive at the packaging division
(Chase, Aquilano & Jacobs,1998).After this is done then the work centers will then be moved to
from one machine to the next as they are completed. Additional work centers will then be added
in later modules, each of these stations will be upgraded for a one-time cost, and this will
increase the speed as well as the amount that is used. The screen prompts then followed, and this
will ensure that a production order will match the customer order on the production orders and
this is an essential characteristic of the make to order process.
Process Thinking
Once the manufacturing process is underway, then one can look at the details by looking
through the current output panel. The side arrows will let one to cycl...


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