Problem definition: Westover Electrical Inc. is facing an increasing problem with the rejected products found during the manufacturing operation where they couldn’t find the source of the problem. For the past two months, the costs incurred due to these rejects have increased and as a result the company decided to act as soon as possible. This report defines the investigation done to find the problem by studying the supply chain starting with the production floor in the winding department and
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In: Business and Management Westover Electrical Inc Problem definition: Westover Electrical Inc. is facing an increasing problem with the rejected products found during the manufacturing operation where they couldn’t find the source of the problem. For the past two months, the costs incurred due to these rejects have increased and as a result the company decided to act as soon as possible. This report defines the investigation done to find the problem by studying the supply chain starting
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room service, food quality, customer complaints, etc. ADDITIONAL CASE STUDY* WESTOVER ELECTRICAL, INC. Note: This is a case that can be used as an introduction to TQM tools or after the tools are introduced as a learning tool demon-strating how Pareto analysis, control charts, and cause-and-effect charts are used. Pareto Analysis by Winder Defect Combined W1 W2 W3 Abraded Wire 81 3 2 76 Failed Electrical Test 66 1 3 62 Broken Lead 66 62 2
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good about his first week as a management trainee at Mexicana Wire Winding, Inc. He had not yet developed any technical knowledge about the manufacturing process, but he had toured the entire facility, located in the suburbs of Mexico City, and had met many people in various areas of the operation. Mexicana, a subsidiary of Westover Wire Works, a Texas firm, is a medium-sized producer of wire windings used in making electrical transformers. Carlos Alverez, the production control manager, described
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good about his first week as a management trainee at Mexicana Wire Winding, Inc. He had not yet developed any technical knowledge about the manufacturing process, but he had toured the entire facility, located in the suburbs of Mexico City, and had met many people in various areas of the operation. Mexicana, a subsidiary of Westover Wire Works, a Texas firm, is a medium-sized producer of wire windings used in making electrical transformers. Carlos Alverez, the production control manager, described
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Submitted By: Jeancy Dela Rosa Joan Eclipse Gerra Lanuza Mark Nimeno Timmyleh Pocong Jerome Tumambing June 03, 2014 I. Case Background Mexicana Wire Winding, Inc. is a subsidiary of Westover Wire Works based in Texas which is a medium-sized producer of wire windings of electrical transformers. Ron Garcia is the new management trainee, who studied operations management in his MBA program but lacks any technical knowledge about the manufacturing process. He is tasked
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M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of
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