Effective & Efficient Production & Operations Mgmt

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 Unit:  Effective & Efficient Production &  Operations Mgmt.  
 Due Date:  Tue, 4/6/18  
 Deliverable Length:  750-1000 words


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Primary Discussion Response is due by Friday 4/6/18 (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Tuesday 4/10/18 (11:59:59pm Central).Library Research 

Project

Government regulations have impacted the site planning and capacity planning at Smitheford Pharmaceuticals. NAFTA has had an impact on the advantages of the ownership of manufacturing facilities in Canada.In preparation for a meeting with leadership, review and discuss the following:What advantages did Smitheford Pharmaceuticals have by owning manufacturing facilities in Canada prior to NAFTA?With the passage of NAFTA, what advantages remain by having manufacturing facilities still in Canada according to your research and your own judgment? Post your comments to at least two other postings. Each comment must be at least 150 words in length. Use the 2X2 matrix to comment (e.g., two things you liked about the posting and two things the student could have included to improve the posting, including errors or excluding erroneous information).


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 Smitheford Pharmaceuticals

Smitheford Pharmaceuticals was founded by a former officer in the Civil War, General Robert Smitheford, in 1878. He moved his family to Colorado Springs to aid in his wife’s tuberculosis condition. At the time, it was believed that the sunshine and high altitude had curative effects.

The company quickly grew and expanded. To improve the economies of several growing towns in Colorado, General Smitheford built additional manufacturing facilities in Pueblo, Grand Junction, Fort Collins, and Durango, Colorado.

Smitheford was an excellent leader, as demonstrated by his rapid rise in the Union Army. He used management incentives and was an early follower of Frederick Taylor on methods improvement and employee satisfaction. The company has since adopted total quality management (TQM) philosophies but has done a poor job of implementing these principles in manufacturing.

By the 1950s, Smitheford Pharmaceuticals grew to become the 6th-largest pharmaceutical firm in the United States. Expansion in manufacturing occurred in the 1970s and 1980s with operations in Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Japan, Mexico, and Brazil.

Many challenges are facing the industry today. NAFTA impacted some advantages that Canadian manufacturing might have had. Stricter FDA guidelines have made transportation of partially manufactured products more complicated; drug interactions, especially for the elderly, can seriously affect whether or not to release a new product, and manufacturing equipment has become more sophisticated, and with the advanced technology comes increase fixed costs.

You are a midlevel manager of production operations at Smitheford. You will need to look at several methods to improve efficiency and effectiveness for its area of responsibility. You will use quantitative and qualitative methods to make recommendations for the improvements. 

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