Response should be at least 100 or 250 words in length. You are required to use your textbook as source material for your response.
If you were charged with the task of reengineering a process, would you be concerned with integrating only the outcomes of parallel activities that must eventually come together? Defend your response.
· Identify the typical processes in manufacturing firms. Discuss how the new product development process interacts with the traditional function in the firm.
· As a supplier, which factors about a buyer (your potential customer) would you consider to be important in setting up a long-term relationship?
· In discussing characteristics of efficient plants, Goodson, developer of rapid plant assessments, suggests that numerous forklifts are a sign of poor space utilization. What do you think is behind this observation?
· Which of the rules of reengineering do you feel would be the most difficult to satisfy? Why?
· How do facility location decisions differ for service facilities and manufacturing plants?
· What are the pros and cons of relocating a small or midsized manufacturing firm (that makes mature products) from the United States to Mexico in the post-NAFTA environment?