Introduction to Reverse Engineering
Each time technology evolves, it breaks barrier between the new products and markets. The beginning of 1990s focused on digitalizing the physical forms by using geometric processes. These lead to reverse and forward engineering which were technically intended to change the manufacturing designs. Reverse engineering is model in which commercial parts are re-designed using CAD in order to reveal its design hide and re-manufacturing them efficiently. It is a process of creating an engineering and manufacturing design with the accessible data from the existing parts and their assemblies. The key attributes of a market system are competition and innovation, in order to stay ahead reverse engineering was adopted.
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The company is using 3D technology of reverse engineering. The company was using this technology from another company called Geomagic a provider of 3d solutions, mass customization and quality assurance. The company was using activities such as footwear customization, decreasing lead time, increasing quality consistency and decreasing manufacturing waste from Geomagic. The company products lasts a year across its production line. Where the products were hand modified which were shipped to manufacturing facilities where the outdated lasts were thrown away, unless they could be recreated. The new 3D process decreased the hand modified products used for manufacturing. By doing so material wastage had been reduced and discarded the filters used for producing new shaped sculptures. The scanning of the shoe took a few minutes to obtain a digital reconstruction and have an accurate information of lasts produces in a certain time duration. A complex or a whole shoe took about a few hours to extract information. They provided software that helped spend up the process. The time taken to produce single prototype reduced from 2 weeks to a single day to produce three to four new styles. Software’s are used to measure the material content. The vast use of Geomagc’s software’s lead Timberland to be one of the companies following mass
An example of the amount of craftsmanship is when the text says, "The skilled laborers cut, polished, or carved inscriptions in the stone. " This proves that the amount of craftsmanship was a huge roll in build Verbonia. Another example would be the way they cut the stone, "When the stone was bery hard, the blade used in the saw had no teeth; sand and steel fillings were placed inder the blade and the back-and-forth motion of the saw ground away the stone. " The amount of intelligance used to saw stone like that is impressive due to how dumb most people where back
Introduction The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), in accordance with the Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) of 2010, in partnership with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has committed to making the VA performance more transparent and accessible. In order to achieve the strategic goals, objectives of the VA and the nested goals of Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), the Undersecretary for Benefits (USB) has directed implementation of an initiative with the goal of eliminating the use of the current End Product (EP) code system as a method of tracking the workload within VBA. Business Case Currently, VBA Manual 21-4, dated July 24, 2015 prescribes the use of an End Product (EP) system to facilitate accurate control
Sincerely, Team Odyssey Exhibit 1 – Options Areas of Concern Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Financial Aspect Net loss of $2M – one time cost. Increase in annual cashflow: $4.9M to 5.6M; one time transferring cost of $25M Cost of upgrading,tool maintenance - $2M loss. On going performance lag on company - $4.64M Capital Intensive – Need $32M for building the new plant. Increase in annual cash flows : $3M Operational Aspect Products are transferred from job shop environment to batch shop.
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The responsibility relies on the supplier as stated in the Negligent Misrepresentation Exception from the Restatement (Second) of Torts §552(1) (1977): “One who supplies information during the course of his business...in which he has a pecuniary interest has a duty of reasonable care and competence to parties who rely upon the information in circumstances in which the maker was manifestly aware of the use to which the information was to be put and intended that it be so used.” (Scribd, n.d.) Squish, indirectly through ProPack, claimed they relied on the professional opinion of the Thomco agent. It would be Thomco’s duty to be knowledgeable about their products and aware of the damages that could occur as a result of unreliable information. Although mistakes do occur, Squish alleged there was a breach of ordinary duty that resulted in a large financial loss for them that otherwise should not have happened.
Derek Rotz MBA-502-61/03 3/2/18 In the case of Ace Fertilizer Company, Assistant Director of Manufacturing , Abby Conroy is faced with an ethical issue that was presented to her by boss George Smilee who is the Director of Manufacturing. Ace Fertilizer’s business is to produce lawn & gardening fertilizer, and the company is known for delivering the highest quality special order products. The fact that they can deliver on time with top quality is what helps to drive their business. They use a consistent mark up on special orders at an 80% mark up over the cost of the orders.
The Trouble with Truss Introduction Truss Construction Shop recently experienced several serious work and equipment related accidents within the current quarter. Multiple news sources and social media channels received word by displeased employees claiming that the company fails to provide safe working conditions for its workers and that the company will not take responsibility for the injuries that occurred. Due to this matter, Truss Construction Shop decided to perform an analysis of the obtained information in order to address the issues at hand, help the company abstain from the negative media light, and also, not run the risk of jeopardizing sales. Explanation of the Issue There are two distinct underlying causes that contribute to
Back in 2006, Daktronics faced a strong three-year growth period since 2003. To-tal sales increased by 74% from $177M to $309M. To maintain this growth, Daktronics set the goal of eliminating manufacturing and capacity constraints. Before 2006, Daktronics followed the main strategy of replication (increasing number of facilities, equipment and people). They decided to expand their first facility in Brookings and add two more (Redwood Falls and Sioux Falls). Increas-ing pressure on cost reduction led the company to think of different methods of growth management.
An Analysis of Lincoln Electric Company’s Culture through Assessment of its Case Study After thorough investigation of the Lincoln Electric Company’s (LEC) Harvard Case Study, certain understanding and reflections may be made about the company’s culture from a multi-faceted perspectives such as the visual aspects of culture and its maintenance dynamics as observed in the textbook’s Chapter 8. ( Carpenter, Taylor, & Erdogan, 2009) Continuing Influence of Founders at Lincoln Electric It is easily evident from the case study that the diverse aspects of LEC’s operations --- from investors, employees, and customers to how the senior management conducts and approaches its business --- all reflect the philosophy, vision, and ideals of its founders:
Besides that, product differentiation is one of the threats of new entrants. Starting a new business we need to use a lot of money for advertising to attract customer, but we have to create our new things that cannot found in others competitors. For non-traditional barriers to entry, we have unique business model. We created a business with a unique design and establish a network of relationships that makes the business model work so that no people can easily to copy our
How does mainstream media influence sneaker culture in secondary markets? Today through the help of mainstream media sneaker have made a huge impact not only in fashion but also in the market. Its influence gained a long way from the “training shoe in 1917” (O’Connor) to the multi-billion-dollar market of today. The influence created by the media, that spread through the help of the internet, celebrity endorsements, and television, played a significant role in the growth of the sneaker culture.
II. Problems of the Case Study 1. Considering company’s budget is very limited, installation of the new technology might affect the financial position in the next year operation. 2.
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• There is a thought at company that new approach shall help the production of New Models and increase the product Quality. • But they also have a alternative thought that it may be difficult to change the Designs during Development Cycle.