Part One-Organizing
Now, it is time for all production managers to begin the organizing process. Doing so requires that managers collect the people, resources, and capital to begin production in a way that will implement the short-term production goals and objectives set through planning. The deadline for production to begin is January 31, 2017. Christmas product shipping must start in July of 2017. The budget for each branch is $300,000 for the total production budget. Currently, the production staff includes a total of 124 employees per day shift and 91 at night per plant for a total of 215 employees. Most tasks are covered in both shifts. Current production and shipping personnel per task include:
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Positions
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# of Day Shift
Workers
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# of Night Shift Workers
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Machine Operators
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10
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5
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Machine Maintenance
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3
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5
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Assembly Line Staff
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75
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60
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Electronics Specialists
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10
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3
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Packagers
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10
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5
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Floor Supervisors
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1
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1
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Production IT (computer machine)
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1
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1
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Fork Lift Operators
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10
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10
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Shipping Schedulers
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1
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0
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Plant Maintenance
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2
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1
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Administrative Support Material Purchase/Secretary
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1
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0
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To complete the Moon Mission to Jupiter's Europa 1 project, it is projected that additional personnel are needed: Two 3D printer operators for the day shift and two for the night shift. Additionally, instead of having an on-call position for production IT, a full-time night position is needed.
The design and engineering department has provided the product specifications including materials, sizes, and 3D printers and one person per shift to produce the product. Trained personnel are needed for operating the 3D printers. The cost of one complete Moon Mission to Jupiter's Europa 1 product is set at $7.56, which includes packaging. The 3D printers will produce the completely assembled piece including electronics and packaging in 7.36 minutes and will cost $6100 per printer. Trained personnel are needed to operate the printers.
Required Elements for Part One:
- Assuming the role of Itza Yu, explain the role of a manager in the organizing phase of the POLC and identify and discuss five major issues that Itza Yu must address in organizing the production floor for both existing production and the new project.
- One of the areas of discussion that must be included in the organizing phase is that of aligning people to the task of production. Create an organizational chart that shows how Yu would organize the people and jobs on the production floor. Discuss why and how the organizational chart was created. This organizational chart will be used as the template for the other branches within the organization, so be sure the structure of the production floor aligns with the organization of the company.
- Once you have created the chart, identify the decision making authority for those individuals on the chart. Explain why the structure was chosen and how it best serves the decision making flow for the production floor and the company as a whole.