What happened to Toyota?

Recently Toyota recalled hundreds of thousands of vehicles because of quality issue. In the past, Toyota was always the model of car manufacturing industry. What happened to Toyota? Something wrong in the supply chain? What is your opinion?

Facility layout and out sourcing policy

The topic of this week is facility layout and out sourcing policy, what is your opinion?

New topics in this week

There are two topics in this week. The first one is "trade-off between flexibility and efficiency" and the other is "BRP(Business Process Re-engineering)". What's your opinion?

Some links for Boeing 787 delay

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/boeing-confident-despite-787-delay/story-e6frg95x-1111114623066

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/08/boeings_787_dreamliner_faces_a.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE55M6UO20090623

http://www.compositesworld.com/news/new-787-delay-injects-uncertainty-in-carbon-fiber-supply-chain.aspxPublish Post

The topics in this week are different approaches in supplier selection and bullwhip effect. What is your opinions on these topics?

Case study-Design house partnership at Concept design Services

Questions:

1. Why is operations management important in CDS?

2. Draw a 4Vs profile for the company's products/services.

3. What would you recommend to the company if you were asked to advise on improving its operations?