You have been temporarily assigned to the copier rehabilitation facility near Charleston, SC. During your first 2 days on site, you discover that the copiers that need to be rehabilitated arrive at irregular intervals and in varying quantities from distributors throughout the country.
Your first analysis indicates that the distributors (not Carbide employees) are accumulating copiers at their locations until they physically run out of room and then ship the entire quantity. You also discover that the repair parts that are controlled by the Charleston facility are out of control. The purchasing department is double-checking (indicating lack of trust) and validating every single purchase request that comes from this inventory department. You find that the purchasing department is operating using 5-year-old EOQs (economic order quantities). Finally, you find that the personnel department, tired of obtaining trained (or trainable) temporary workers on short notice, has decided to set permanent staffing levels to handle the periodic surges in workload.
Develop a cohesive plan for correcting the problems that have been explicitly and implicitly identified. Your report should have a detailed analysis of each problem area and a discussion of the issues with recommended solutions. Your analysis should include a conceptualized conclusion, recommended solutions, and a detailed summary for each identified problem.
Assignment Guidelines:
•Develop a plan that addresses the following problems:
?The copiers that need to be rehabilitated arrive at irregular intervals and in varying quantities from distributors throughout the country.
?Distributors are accumulating copiers at their locations until they physically run out of room and then ship the entire quantity.
?Repair parts that are controlled by the Charleston facility are out of control.
?The purchasing department is operating using 5-year-old EOQs.
?The personnel department has set permanent staffing levels to handle the periodic surges in workload.
•Compile your solutions to the above problems into a report of 850-1,100 words.
•Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.