"Moon Mission to Jupiter's Europa" (MMTJE1) is a 3D engineered of the Curiosity vehicle used to. explore Mars. The toy is operated remotely allowing a child and parent to launch the capsule "Juno 1" craft, 500 ft. in the air, unload the rover called Galileo and move it along all terrain surfaces. Galileo takes pictures remotely and sends them to a cell phone.
The toy is geared for the age 11-15 market but can be used with younger children as long as there is adult supervision. The toy is made from a 3D printer and consists of a plastic capsule and rover base with electronics added separately in production.
Read critically and analyze the following scenario:
Now, it is time for all production managers to begin the organizing process. Doing so requires that managers collect the people, resources, and capital to begin production in a way that will implement the short-term production goals and objectives set through planning.
The deadline for production to begin is January 31, 2018. Christmas product shipping must start in July of 2018. The budget for each branch is $300,000 for the total production budget.
Currently, the production staff includes a total of 124 employees per day shift and 91 at night per plant for a total of 215 employees. Most tasks are covered in both shifts. Current production and shipping personnel per task include:
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Positions
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# of Day Shift
Workers
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# of Night Shift Workers
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Machine Operators
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10
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5
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Machine Maintenance
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3
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5
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Assembly Line Staff
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75
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60
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Electronics Specialists
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10
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3
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Packagers
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10
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5
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Floor Supervisors
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1
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1
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Production IT (computer machine)
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1
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1
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Fork Lift Operators
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10
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10
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Shipping Schedulers
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1
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0
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Plant Maintenance
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2
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1
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Administrative Support
Material Purchase/Secretary
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1
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0
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To complete the Moon Mission to Jupiter's Europa 1 project, it is projected that additional personnel are needed: Two 3D printer operators for the day shift and two for the night shift. Additionally, instead of having an on-call position for production IT, a full-time night position is needed.
The design and engineering department has provided the product specifications including materials, sizes, and 3D printers and one person per shift to produce the product.
Trained personnel are needed for operating the 3D printers. The cost of one complete Moon Mission to Jupiter's Europa 1 product is set at $7.65, which includes packaging. The 3D printers will produce the completely assembled piece including electronics and packaging in 7.36 minutes and will cost $6100 per printer.
*Please analyze the scenario above.
Hi. Only a summary of the scenario above is needed. My apologies for the confusion.