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Pleasant Company Assembly Material Management

This project focuses on improving the raw materials management system at Pleasant Company, a renowned children's publisher. The key objective is to design a more efficient and user-friendly approach for presenting raw materials to assembly line workers, thereby enhancing productivity and ease of use. Tasks performed included observations of current operations, evaluations of best practices, and collaborative design modifications with workers and management. Remaining work involves detailed drawings, cost analysis, and final presentations to ensure successful implementation.

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Pleasant Company Assembly Material Management

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  1. Pleasant Company Assembly Material Management Team: Matt Van Dyke Kristin Shuda Dila Mohd Jared Hanson Abir Sarhan IE 476 April 11th, 2000

  2. Overview • Introduction • Project Overview • Project Status • Remaining Work

  3. Our customer Pleasant Company is a direct marketer, retailer, and children’s publisher, nationally known for the American Girl brand. Dedicated exclusively to girls ages 3 to 12, Pleasant Company creates high-quality books, dolls, toys, and clothing designed to enhance girls’ self-esteem and reinforce positive social and moral values.

  4. Problem statement • Raw goods shelves not conducive to easy resupply • Raw goods shelves also need to be easy to use for operators

  5. Our Goals • Design a better system to present raw materials to workers on the assembly line. • Focus on raw materials that are common to several product lines • Utilize worker input to finalize design specifications

  6. Tasks Performed • Observed and Worked on the Assembly Line • Observed How Others Were doing Similar Operations – Best Practices • Decided which parts of the line we wanted to focus on and improve through an evaluation of the entire line, including evaluation across all models

  7. Tasks Performed (cont.) • Listed out the needs and wants, and drew drawings from these • Detailed the drawings and made macro sketches of the line to show how the carts would fit in • Showed the proposed drawings to management and the workers (separately) • Modified drawings and showed to project engineer

  8. Proposed Drawings • Macro Sketch of the Line • Bookshelf and Lid Cart • *Modified Existing Cart • *Flat Cart • Cart on Hinged Arm • Stationary Cart

  9. Remaining Work • Detail drawings further • Document how the carts will be utilized on the line, by all parties • Cost Analysis • Give final presentation to Pleasant Company • Write report, and give to Pleasant Company • Final Presentation in class

  10. Any questions? ?

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