The case describe the circumstances confronted by the vice-president of operations at Konkan Leaf Tobacco Development, the tobacco processing unit of XYZ Limited. This unit is in charge of processing and procurement of levels and different varieties of tobacco. The tobacco leaves are categorized into different varieties on the foundation of quality and location of the harvest. The corporation has two processing plants with changeable processing capacity.
Because of the seasonal and agricultural nature of the commodity, the business is finding it difficult to keep efficacies between the inflow of the tobacco and the demand of the processing line capacity, leading to regular start-stop situations for the dispensation lines. This case enable students to build up strategies for the procedure direction to attain the optimum process schedule, which will lead to the fewest stoppages of the procedure lines and optimization of both the use of the processing lines and the inflow patterns among the processing units.
Process Management Strategy for XYZ Limited - KLTD Division Case Study Solution
PUBLICATION DATE: September 22, 2009 PRODUCT #: 909D07-PDF-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS
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