Student Name: Student Name: Element Time in Standard minutes done" stage). Each feature has its own paper slip which physically moves across the Press Operations board, held in place with a magnet. You can't have more features in progress than the Assembly poke subassembly number of magnets you have to hold them in place, so the principle is enforced with a Fit poke subassembly to frog 0.12 physical limitation. When one feature enters the "done" column, another one can be Rivet adjusting level to frog 0.10 pulled through into "discovery". There's a puling process, where completing work allows Press adjustment nut screw to frog 0. 15 you to start on something new' . TOTAL PRESS OPERATIONS 0.08 0.45 At the start of every day, the team has a stand-up meeting at the Kanban board where Bench Operations Fit adjusting nut to frog each member quickly runs through what they did the day before, the features they're Fit frog screw to frog 0. 15 working on. This helps link up the 'big picture' of how a design's features are 0.05 developing, with the 'little picture' of each developer is working on each day, and helps Fit knob to base 0. 15 teams to make sure that all work being done is being tracked across the board. Fit handle to base 0 .17 Fit frog subassembly to base 0.15 One of the big benefits of using Kanban', says Edward Kay, 'is that because we're Assemble blade assembly 0.08 visualizing the steps a feature goes through to be completed, we're able to see where Assemble blade assembly, camp and label to base and adjust 0.20 the bottlenecks are that work gets held up on. Because we can see where work is Make up box and wrap plane, pack and stock 0.20 being held up, we're then able to continually improve our processes to make sure we're TOTAL ASSEMBLY AND PACK TIME working as efficiently as possible. If we're finding that a project's features keep getting 1.60 held up in the design stage, we can bring more designers onto the project to widen the bottleneck. Using more measured and controlled approach to handling and controlling Cost and pricing-The standard costing system at the company involves adding a 150% incoming work helps ensure that every hour we work produces an hour's worth of value. (5) overhead charge to the direct labour cost of manufacturing the products, and the Ultimately, it's all about delivering great products on time and to budget, and Kanban is product will retail for the equivalent of around E35 in Europe where most retailers will great tool to help achieve this. sell this type of product for about 70-120% more than they buy it from the manufacturer. Explain how has the use of a Kanban approach aided Torchbox in their web-design Write a formal report to Management by answering the following questions. and development? (10) a) What type of facilities and technology will the company need to buy in order to assemble this product? b) What impact would the Kanban system would have on Torchbox's inventory planning methodology? b) Design a layout for assembly operation (to include the fly press work) including the tasks to be performed at each part of the system. c) What impact, do you think; the Kanban system would have on Torch Box's CO Manufacturing Operation? How would the layout need to be adjusted as a demand for this and similar products builds up? BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR DOCUMENT FOR ASSESSMENT: Review you answers to ensure that you have addressed all aspects asked for in the questions . 4.3 Read the case study and answer the questions that follow: (25) Torchbox: (contact the award-winning web designers' for more details). It provides high-quality, cost-effective and ethical solutions for its clients. And although it is a company that relies on its staff's creative capabilities, this does not mean that learn techniques have no place in its operations. On the contrary, it makes full use of the 'Kanban' approach to controlling its work as it progresses through the web-design process. 'We know that Kanban control originated from car manufacturers like Toyota, but our development teams can also benefit from its basic principles' says Edward Kay, the head of Production at Torchbox. "It is a way of scheduling work based on what needs to be produced and what resources are available to produce it with. At Torchbox we use a large magnetic whiteboard (called the "Kanaban board") to track Page 9 of 9 completed features through its stage of design process; from discovery through Summative Assignment development, design, demo, development and on to the finish of the design (called the Operations Management I Page 8 of 9 Summative Assignment Operations Management