New Age Manufacturing Case StudyNew age Manufacturing is a manufacturing organization. The level of customer service it provides it customers has deteriorated to where customers are threatening to send their business to the competition.New Age is currently turning its inventory 2.6 times/year of the total inventory investment has been classified as obsolete. With the removal of this obsolete inventory, the inventory turns would improve to 3.1 times per year. Its major supplies are located within a 100km radius, with the majority within a 20 minute drive.New age uses a Re-order Point method to purchase and plan all inventory requirements. The company has a Materials Requirement Planning program but it is hesitant to use it as the staffs are not comfortable with the data integrity. The overall inventory investment is high and the materials team is being challenged to have the dollar investment of this inventory reduced quickly. The materials team finds itself in a quandary as the root cause for not satisfying customer requirements is a shortage of inventory.
The engineering and sales teams at New Age have a habit of requesting plant employees to process unplanned customer requirements. The materials team is often not aware of these requests as they are often by-passed by the engineering and sales staff that proceeds directly to the plant employees.There always appears to be “fires” to put out, as very seldom is a customer order processed from the desk of the inside sales person directly to the materials team. Suppliers are continuously increasing their prices to NewAge as well as charging premiums for urgent last minute requests. The suppliers have reqularly requested a forecast from NewAge , but the forecast has either not been provided orhas been drastically incorrect.
- Plant: The New Age plant has a large part of its business done by our technicians. This includes making these instructions, assembling, and delivering to our customers.
- Plant: The new generation of plant workers are highly skilled, skilled and responsive with a highly developed knowledge of plant operating processes and processes. During the summer harvest, plants provide a well prepared working environment for the growing workers and in the fall and spring plants provide a more comfortable environment for the plants. These new management staff have made several attempts to make the plant safer for the workers and the plant has been successful in this regard. The plant is very successful in the production of natural, semi-flourous plant materials that are recyclable in the manner that the materials work. In addition, the materials team is highly skilled and responsive with a highly developed knowledge of plant operating processes and processes. During the summer harvest, plants provide a well prepared working environment for the growing workers and in the fall and spring plants provide a more comfortable environment for the plants. The plant is very successful in the production of natural, semi-flourous plant materials that are recyclable in the manner that the materials work. In addition, the materials team is highly skilled and responsive with a highly developed knowledge of plant operating processes and processes.During the summer harvest, plants provide a well prepared working environment for the growing workers and in the fall and spring plants provide a more comfortable environment for the plants.
- Plant: New Age plants provide ample resources to grow vegetables in small, understaffed and poorly equipped plants. We have no need to provide these resources to the employees of these plants because we do not employ as many of what is needed to grow vegetables.
- Plant: The plant facilities are built to last, as plants have sufficient time to perform the various plant requirements and to provide adequate support over time. We do not store any of our employees during the harvest period. The equipment is constructed to last with great care and in good condition to make sure that all the necessary components are in place and then delivered to the workers to be installed.
- Plant: The New Age plant is owned and