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INTRODUCTION
 A plastic bottles corporation.

 “Cat” Avellana.

 Success of APC.

 Key Words.

 Conversion of Management.
 APC AND THE PLASTIC
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

 Contract Manufacturer of Plastic bottles.

 Clients are Zonrox, Rhea and Eskinol .

 Cut throat competition.

 APC focuses on niche markets of small Plastic bottles.

 Lack of competency of management .

 Runaway costs and a missallocation.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AREAS OF
CONCERN
Product Design:
• Many customers designed their own bottles and merely contracted the Production
out to APC.
• Only a limited few contracted both design and production out to APC.
• Computer added design (CAD).
• Three dimensional Visualization.
• Software Pro/Engineer 2000i,Vmware Tools and CimatronE.

Process Design:
• Production process began with compounding.
• Steps involved the grinding, melting and mixing.
• Three types of molding process used in APC.
 CONT..
Blow Molding:
• Extrusion where the plastic resin is placed in the
hopper of blow molding machine.
• The blowing phase comes next.
• The cooling system of the mould accelerates the
• Hardening.

Stretch-Blow Molding:
• The preform are produced with the necks of the bottle.
• The preform are heated above their glass transition
temperature.

Injection Molding:
• Cap and the plug are produced.
• A rotating screw pushes the raw material into a barrel.
• The molten plastic is then injected into the cavities
of the mould.
 QUALITY MANAGEMENT
• Organizational practices.
• Two vendor of choices in the manufacturing.
 Process control:
• APC attention.
• Quality Issue.
 Capacity and maintenance:
• APC production equipment.
• Maximum capacity.
• Previous Performance.
• Digital process.
• Training of employees.
 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
 HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene):
• It is lighter than water and can be molded, machined and joined together.
 LLDPE (Linear low-Density Polyethylene):
• It is opaque and only thin foils can be transparent.
• It is used for packaging such as foils, trays, plastic bags and milk cartons.
 POLYPROPYLENE:
• It has demonstrated certain advantages in improved strength, stiffness and higher
temperature capability.
 Reorganization of effective supply chain management:
 Long transitioning from purchasing to supply chain management:

 Inordinate amount of buffer stock of raw material:

 Longstanding Practices:
 HUMAN RESOURCES
• To many employees
• Jobs were poorly designed
 Challenges:
• Hrm
• Chase Strategy
 Layout:
• Smooth flow of material
• Cat’s Layout
 Short Term Scheduling:
• First come first serve basis
 Finished goods delivery:
• Outsource
• Big-Picture
• Productivity