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Butler Metal Products: Focusing The Factory (Traditional Chinese version)
內容大綱
The newly-appointed general manager of Butler Metal Products was considering changes to his firm's shop floor organization. About two years earlier, his predecessor had switched from a traditional functional hierarchy to focused factories. Although the changes were accompanied by 35% reductions in inventories, throughput times and defect rates, there was concern that they would not be enough to assure Butler's survival in the economically-stressed automotive industry. The focused factories were struggling with conflicting demands for shared equipment and human resources. Did the factories need to be refocused, left alone, or reverted back to the old organization?
學習目標
<ul><li>To provide a forum for the discussion of factory focus.</li><li>To facilitate a discussion of the differences between focus that is attempted through organizational design, and focus that is accomplished through physical design.</li></ul>The case was written for use in the operations strategy section of an introductory course, but it could also be used in an operations strategy elective, or in another elective that has a turnaround management section. The case can also be used as a final examination in an introductory operations course.