4.1 How would you classify this manufacturing process? 4.2 Does it lie on the diagonal of the Product- Process matrix? 4.3 Comment as to how volume and variety affects this type of process design. In your opinion, how does Packard Bell minimize their In-Process scrap/non- conforming product? 4.4 4.5 How flexible do you think, this process actually is?
4.1 How would you classify this manufacturing process? 4.2 Does it lie on the diagonal of the Product- Process matrix? 4.3 Comment as to how volume and variety affects this type of process design. In your opinion, how does Packard Bell minimize their In-Process scrap/non- conforming product? 4.4 4.5 How flexible do you think, this process actually is?
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CASE STUDY: Van der Lande
When Packard Bell designed their new assembly centre in Angers, France, they did not want to
stock any finished PCs. The key to achieving this came from Van der Lande, the Dutch materials
handling equipment specialist. PC manufacture and testing can be complex. It involves a large
number of hardware and software components, the specific choice of parts depending on the
customer's specification.
After assembly, the relevant operating and application software is installed and tested for
reliability. If a computer is found not to comply fully with the high quality standards, it is
automatically transported to the rectification station. After repair the products are reintroduced to
the production process. In this way, potential loss of material as well as time is reduced to
minimum. Finally, manuals and documentation are added, after which the product is packed and
dispatched.
Throughout the assembly system, 'tracking and tracing' technology allows any part of the product
to be monitored and steered through the entire production process. This allows any configuration
to be produced in any order. All instructions required by each worker in the assembly system are
presented on the computer terminals which allow operators to view all assembly data and monitor
test results as they happen.
4.1
How would you classify this manufacturing process?
4.2 Does it lie on the diagonal of the Product- Process matrix?
4.3 Comment as to how volume and variety affects this type of process design.
4.4 In your opinion, how does Packard Bell minimize their In-Process scrap/non-
conforming product?
4.5
How flexible do you think, this process actually is?
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