Eastern Gear is a company that traditionally produced custom gears in small lots, and has recently been given the opportunity to begin producing larger volumes of gears per order. This is a typical small job shop which is owner operated. In addition, Eastern Gear has experienced a large increase in sales which is causing major problems in operations. Because of the wide range of problems presented, the case permits an overview of a job shop type of operation and practice at looking at the entire scope of operations including objectives, capacity, production and inventory control, organization, and quality.

The method been used example as Methods to increase productivity,Inventory holding and Customer perceived value based on case study Eastern gear Inc., in Philadelphia.

Question 1) Please explain about the company strategy based on the case study Eastern gear Inc., in Philadelphia.