Documente Academic
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Documente Cultură
Planning
& Facility
Operations Management
Location
by
R. Dan Reid & Nada R. Sanders
4th Edition Wiley 2010
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Learning Objectives
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Capacity planning
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Measuring Capacity
Examples
Type of Business
Input Measures of
Capacity
Output Measures
of Capacity
Car manufacturer
Labor hours
Hospital
Available beds
Pizza parlor
Labor hours
Retail store
Floor space in
square feet
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Measuring Available
Capacity
Design capacity:
Effective capacity:
Measuring Effectiveness of
Capacity Use
Measures effectiveness
Use either effective or design
capacity in denominator
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Utilization effective
actual output
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(100%) (100%) 140%
effective capacity
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actual output
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Utilization design
(100%) (100%) 93%
design capacity
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Capacity Considerations
Diseconomies of Scale:
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Other Capacity
Considerations
Focused factories:
Subcontractor networks:
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2.
3.
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Identifying capacity
requirements
Forecasting Capacity:
Long-term capacity requirements based on future demand
Identifying future demand based on forecasting
Forecasting, at this level, relies on qualitative forecast models
Executive opinion
Delphi method
Forecast and capacity decision must included strategic
implications
Capacity cushions
Strategic Implications
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Could do nothing,
expand large now (may included
capacity cushion), or
expand small now with option to add
later
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Decision trees
Diagramming technique which uses
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Location Analysis
Three most important factors in real estate:
1. Location
2. Location
3. Location
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Proximity to customers:
Proximity to labor:
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Community considerations:
Site considerations:
Quality-of-life issues:
Other considerations:
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Globalization
Should Firm Go Global?
Globalization is the process of locating
facilities around the world
Potential advantages:
Potential disadvantages:
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Multiply by the number of loads between each site and the four
cities
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Xc.g.
lX
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7.9 ; Yc.g.
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l Y
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Break-Even Analysis
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Break-Even Analysis
Total revenue = pQ
Break-even is where Total Revenue = Total Cost
Q = F/(p-c)
Q = break-even quantity
p = price/unit
c = variable cost/unit
F = fixed cost
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Chapter 9 Highlights
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Chapter 9 Highlights
cont
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Chapter 9 Highlights
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Chapter 9 Highlights
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