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ABC COMPANY
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MBA BOOKS INDIA
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Projects in microsoft word file
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CASE : ABC COMPANY
ABC Company produces several types of recreational products such as small pleasure boats, campers, and related accessories. Most of the operations are divided into two activities-manufacturing the various component parts and assembling these parts into finished products. There are eight different assembly lines in the plant which assembled twenty seven different products. However, only eight different products could be produced at the same time. As seasonal demand for the various products changed, assembly lines were reconstituted. These also required a little change in the staffing of these lines, since most of the work was of an assembly type and these skills were transferable between almost all products.
The General Manager of the Company recently attended a production management seminar in which the speakers made frequent reference to the `Volvo concept`. This concept referred to Volvo`s move in one of its plants from an assembly line operation to one designed around small work-teams. Each of these teams was responsible for a significant portion of the final automobile (such as assembling an entire engine) and the groups were given onsiderable freedom to choose their own work methods and perform their own quality control functions. The work groups were also segregated from each other to increase the `group feeling`. The General Manager is seriously considering implementing the `Volvo concept` in his plant.
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QUESTIONS
1. What factors should be considered in deciding whether or not the idea should be used?
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2. What problems are likely to be encountered to implementing the `Volvo concept` ?
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