Kuiper Leda Benchmarking
Kuiper Leda in the Republic of Novarnia is a manufacturing company that specializes in the production of Electronic Control Units and Radio Frequency Identification Devices. Being a small manufacturing company with limited production capacity, has accepted a large order from Midland Motors a supplier for the auto maker industry which will lead to the reorganization of the company’s supply chain in order to meet delivery schedules and satisfy this customer’s demand in addition to keep its operation and existing customer base. This is a unique opportunity for KL to prove itself if it has the capabilities to satisfy demand and work under pressure to explore new opportunities for market expansion. Kuiper Leda has two choices to venture into the process to manufacture the work orders in house or outsource them. At present, Kuiper Leda does not have the capacity to start production of the new orders and there is a communication problem between shifts which lead to the manufacture of the wrong size product and a back order. I researched two companies with similar issues that are connected to course concepts. The first one is Hydraulics International, Inc. and the second one is Dell, Inc.
Hydraulics International, Inc.
Hydraulics International is a manufacturing company that deals with the manufacture of hydraulics components, test equipment and aerial store lift trucks for the aerospace industry and the United States Army. Hydraulics International located at Chatsworth, California was established in 1976 by its President Nicky Ghaemmaghami when acquired the test equipment division from Greer Hydraulics Company. After 10 years of operations, Hydraulics International won a contract with the US Army to manufacture 240 MHU-83 D/E Aerial Sto ...