Dore-Dore, a French manufacturer of socks and hosiery children only convert part of its operations jersey to a flexible modular system, allowing faster response and greater flexibility. Case provides an opportunity to assess changes in knitted operations, and to assess whether a similar transformation to a modular approach to wear. Other possibilities for the reduction of lead-time may also be considered. Can be used to illustrate the effect of the transition from traditional linear operations to the production of the party cells and the effect of operating system design and size of the lot on the capacity in terms of quality, productivity, etc. Also provides an opportunity to discuss the channel reduction of lead time. "Hide
by Janice H. Hammond, Audris Wong Source: Harvard Business School 21 pages. Publication Date: September 10, 1991. Prod. #: 692028-PDF-ENG
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