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*General Pierce and the local governor might want to evaluate all the advantages and disadvantages building a university might bring. | *General Pierce and the local governor might want to evaluate all the advantages and disadvantages building a university might bring. | ||
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... | '''Cell production''' involves dividing the workplace into "cells" where each cell focuses on the production of a "product family". ''Product family'' is a group of products, which requires a sequence of similar operations. In this case, cell production is considered to be used when constructing the hospital at Loyka. Since each cell focuses on the production of a “product family”, UWP will use it for a separate section of the hospital. | ||
*Some benefits included in using cell production for the construction of the hospital for UWP might be the released floor space, improvement of product flexibility, movement of resources and encouraged team working. This production method will create a high quality product because there will be less space to use and flexibility of the hospital will be improved. Another factor involved in the quality of the product is the encouraged team working because each team will just focus on a specific “family product” without having to worry about the other ones. As part of the benefits for Loyka there are the cut lead times, less work-in progress, reduced handling time and a more efficient maintenance. This means that people at Loyka will have in a short period of time a non-profit hospital to access to medical care, especially for poorer people because the hospital will be build by dividing the workplace into “cells” making it a faster and efficient process. Later on, maintenance for the hospital will be more efficient since each and every cell focused very well on each section of the hospital. | |||
*Cell production method for constructing the hospital according to the case, might bring good enough benefits for the UWP and Loyka by improving flexibility, reducing space and handling time which | |||
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Operations Management
Analyze how will government influence affect Loyka's decision of choosing location. (Unit 93)
Choosing a suitable place to locate a business is an important decision for a business when setting up. A factor that affects location is the government influence. The main reasons for government intervention in business location are to encourage firms to locate their operations in regions where unemployment is high and business activity is lacking and to attract foreign businesses to the area.
- In this case, Colonel Donovan and General Pierce needed to decide whether to construct a hospital or a university. However, the local governor, who agreed to contribute the piece of land for the construction site, preferred the new university campus rather than a hospital. This would give prestige and contribute to the long-term development of Loyka by training future professionals. Another advantage of the government influence is that it might attract private capital for future public-private partnerships in research and development.
Setting up in a particular location is an important decision, businesses are likely to stay there for a period of time and relocation is expensive.
- General Pierce and the local governor might want to evaluate all the advantages and disadvantages building a university might bring.
What might be the benefits to UWP and Loyka when implementing cell production in the construction of the hospital?
Cell production involves dividing the workplace into "cells" where each cell focuses on the production of a "product family". Product family is a group of products, which requires a sequence of similar operations. In this case, cell production is considered to be used when constructing the hospital at Loyka. Since each cell focuses on the production of a “product family”, UWP will use it for a separate section of the hospital.
- Some benefits included in using cell production for the construction of the hospital for UWP might be the released floor space, improvement of product flexibility, movement of resources and encouraged team working. This production method will create a high quality product because there will be less space to use and flexibility of the hospital will be improved. Another factor involved in the quality of the product is the encouraged team working because each team will just focus on a specific “family product” without having to worry about the other ones. As part of the benefits for Loyka there are the cut lead times, less work-in progress, reduced handling time and a more efficient maintenance. This means that people at Loyka will have in a short period of time a non-profit hospital to access to medical care, especially for poorer people because the hospital will be build by dividing the workplace into “cells” making it a faster and efficient process. Later on, maintenance for the hospital will be more efficient since each and every cell focused very well on each section of the hospital.
- Cell production method for constructing the hospital according to the case, might bring good enough benefits for the UWP and Loyka by improving flexibility, reducing space and handling time which
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