• What did Alex Rogo learn about managing his plant on the Boy Scout hiking trip? Be specific.
• How did they “break bottlenecks” at the plant? Give at least five SPECIFIC examples.
• How did the plant succeed in delivering Bucky Burnside's order of 1000 units?
• How did performance measure hurt and help in managing the plant? Refer to SPECIFIC performance measures.
• Comment on the interactions between the marketing function and Alex Rogo's plant. How did they help and hurt each other?
Questions on NUMMI & American Factory
• How were the stories of the NUMMI partnership and the American Factory similar?
• How were the stories of the NUMMI partnership and the American Factory different?
• Was the NUMMI partnership successful? Address this question from the following perspectives:
1) Toyota
2) General Motors
• Was the American Factory successful? Address this question from the following perspectives:
1) Mr. Cau
2) The American workers
3) The Dayton, Ohio community
4) The Chinese workers at the Dayton factory
• How did managerial styles and cultural differences affect the success or failure of:
1) NUMMI
2) American Factory
NOTE:
NUMMI FILM
https://youtu.be/xmLUY-4xJb0
American factory movie is on Netflix
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