ENGR 131 Fall 2013 Answer Sheet Homework 2 Answer Sheet 5 Name Purdue Login 020 Section Number Problem 5 JIT MEA Context Setting Individual Questions Step 3 List three things you learned about JIT and explain how each is related to the problem at D Dalton Technologies 1 2 3 Citations in APA format JIT requires all materials to be delivered on time and promptly with no delays because when they re late all production is put on hold and so then the customers are put on hold DD Technologies uses a small workforce and only one shift in their JIT plan so there s no extra shift or situation where they can just work on it later It could be delayed a whole nother day which makes the individualized customers upset There are many different companies that can contribute to the final product for instance Ceramica and Bowman and the third party shipping company With all the different data and decisions that go into this company producing something on a very rigid time schedule as JIT can be a very complicated process Company Profile D Dalton Technologies Retrieved from https mycourses purdue edu bbcswebdav pid 1772823dt content rid 6340597 1 courses Fall 2013 ENGR13100 001 005 All 20Sections MEAJIT ENGR131 F13 MEA JIT CompanyProfileAndMemo 1 pdf Page 1 of 1 ENGR 131 Fall 2013 Answer Sheet Dalton Devon 2013 Shipping Issues Interoffice Memo Retrieved from https mycourses purdue edu bbcswebdav pid 1772823dt content rid 6340597 1 courses Fall 2013 ENGR13100 001 005 All 20Sections MEAJIT ENGR131 F13 MEA JIT CompanyProfileAndMemo 1 pdf Step 4 a List as many stakeholders as you can think of who may be affected by the deliverable the engineering team has been asked to create For each stakeholder explain the relationship between the stakeholder the problem and the deliverable Stakeholder Relationship of Stakeholder to Problem Ceramica Their materials aren t being delivered on time when they need to be Bowman They need the materials as soon as possible in order to complete the product Customers Theirs is the product that is being delayed from production by the unreliable shipping company Page 2 of 2 Relationship of Stakeholder to Deliverable They have to use the shipping company chosen so low costs and ease of access is preferable to them They are going to have to wait on the shipping company so they want the one that is the most reliable to be chosen They want the most reliable and fast shipping company so their product can get to them as fast as possible ENGR 131 Fall 2013 Answer Sheet b Describe five problems that might arise for stakeholders when the engineering team s solution is implemented 1 2 3 4 The company chosen with the most reliable deliveries may not be easy to access or talk to or may have extravagant requirements for shipping so Ceramica would not be very pleased The recent data that was collected from the companies may not give a total picture of that company s past delivery record A company that had a lucky year might actually have had problems in the past and so there could still be more delays now D Dalton Technologies might be paying more money to this new company and that is not pleasant Bowman might not be located close to the normal route of the new company and the company might have problems finding or working out how to deliver to the Bowman engineers 5 c Direct user Ceramica Page 3 of 3 ENGR 131 Fall 2013 Answer Sheet What does the direct user need Describe the d deliverable its function criteria for success and constraints e List two ideas for why this problem might be complex to solve 1 2 The direct user needs a shipping company that can deliver its products to Bowman on time with no unexpected delays in order to not mess up the just in time plan Many different factors impact shipping companies including road and flight conditions their laborers human mistakes and needs and a large amount of information to manage There are many instances for something to go wrong and one too many unlucky instances can ruin the chances of an otherwise reliable and easy to work with company The main sets of data being looked at are the times packages arrived late but when dealing with a shipping company other factors should be considered also including ease of accessing the company s service the packaging materials the method of delivery and the company s desire to work with and accommodate DD Technology s needs Page 4 of 4