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Author Wilson, Shellyanne

Title Measuring waste to reduce waste in CTP / Shellyanne Wilson and Dennis Nurse
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (18 pages) : charts
Series Emerald emerging markets case studies 2045-0648 ; vol. 6, no. 1
Summary Central Tobacco Plant (CTP) is a tobacco processing and packaging company, operating in the Central America and Caribbean region. This case focuses on a waste measurement exercise conducted in the cigarette production department of CTP, which was commissioned by George Edwards, the Secondary Manufacturing Department (SMD) Manager. The reason for the exercise was the announcement that CTP could possibly face a plant audit, where a poor result could cause the shifting of manufacturing of some products, or, in the worst case scenario, all of it product lines, to one of the larger, and more efficient manufacturing plants in the Central America and Caribbean region. The waste measurement exercise is carried out as a three-week student-industry project by two students pursuing an MSc programme at the local university, who are mentored by both Edwards and by a university supervisor. At the end of the exercise, Edwards needs to consider the appropriateness of the current waste measurement system, the quantities of waste produced and opportunities to reduce waste
Notes Expected learning outcomes: The case has four primary learning objectives: -- To illustrate the role of performance measurement in process improvement -- To explore the perspective of lean manufacturing in waste management -- To apply basic quality tools in the analysis of a manufacturing process -- To identify opportunities for process improvement
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Bibliography Includes index and bibliographical references
Audience The case can be used in a number of course contexts, including undergraduate and graduate courses in Operations Management and Quality Management
Subject Total quality management
Lean manufacturing
Genre/Form Case studies.
Form Electronic book
Author Nurse, Dennis