9/30 9:03 PM

everything looks good...demand is displaying its first downward trend. lead times and revenue back to optimal. station queues all very low. were in 4th but only by 80,000. i doubt there will be much shifting around in the next few days if demand has finally normalized but once demand drops well have plenty of opportunity to pull ahead by carefully forecasting and selling machines off at the right time

9/30 5:07 pm

queues are way down for stations 1 and 2, lead times are back down and revenue is back up to $1500. were in 4th but by less than $100,000. lets watch station 3 carefully though i think there may be a chance that the increased capacity on stations 1 and 2 could overload station 3 although since capacity is mostly dictated by demand we should be fine but something to think about. anyone have any clue how that one team only has 20,000?

30 second clip to get you thru the day

that was me sorry apparently matt lombardi was still signed in on my lap top, lead time spiked, we reacted, also ques were wayy up.

9/30 12:19 PM

sorry matt i was sleeping at 9 am. so eliot and i went ahead and bought machines for stations 1 and 2. weve had a spike in demand and our revenues were beginning to fall while our lead times rising and the queues were mainly at those stations. At this point we dont anticipate demand rising much higher so with any luck our purchases of machines may be over and we can just ride it out til demand begins to fall

Mike you need to answer your cell phone

Monday 11Am

checked in everything appears to be running smoothly, our chief competition has dropped down to 4th looks like he may have bought machinery, in which case he is leading us close to 30k
Our lead times spiked last night which is a serious concern.
Machine 1 and 2 were close to max utulization.

However, I am beginning to wonder if we have hit the level phase in which case it would not be prudent to invest any more money.


Eliot

9/29 9:44 am

as of this morning revenues are still right near $1500 so at this point it doesnt appear like lead times or any station queue is affecting our cash flow since all the jobs are getting out on time for the most part. buying new machines is tempting but lets just be careful about over investing. by tonight i think well need another machine for station 2 at the minimum- it has quite the upward trend in utilization but isnt at 100% yet. queues for all the station are good except a few spikes at station 2. were back in 1st which is nice

9/28 1:37 AM

Checked in together seem to be doing very well, I am concerned about lead times and station 1 again, demand still seems to be increasing higher then our expectations.

I think that potentialyl buying 1 more machine would be optimal.

9/28 6:19 pm

everything seems to be doing well no high queues or lead times and were back up to 3rd. well watch demand closely to try to forecast when machinery will be necesary

9/28 3:00

Checked in this afternoon at 12:00 and again at 3:00 demand has increased, will take alook at machinery soon

9/28 11:55 am

lead times, utilization/queues, and revenue all pretty good
demand slightly leveled off for the moment
no action necesary at the moment

9/28 2:32 am

so just checked on everything. seems like the purchase of machines is just starting to make an effect. were no longer #1 but thats fine were ahead of the game everyone else is gunna need to buy machines too and well be set. our lead times and queue times for each machine seem much better. will check again in morning

ok so i realized that the scale on the queues was fucked by a spike so both station 1 and station 3 have pretty big queues right now and lead time and revenue is starting to fall so im gunna go ahead and buy a machine for station 1 and station 3 at this point the interest wed make from keeping the cash is probably less than the revenue well lose from lead times rising above the 1 day mark

9/27 10:34

things seem to be pretty much the same as last time we checked
queue for station 3 is getting pretty high so unless anyone has any objections im gunna buy a machine for it before i go to bed
station 2 queue growing as well but utilization really isnt high enough to justify another machine yet

9/27 8:33 pm

just checked- everything seems to be pretty good, our lead time is still below a day, we've moved into first place but thatll change once we buy more machinery its a really close race at the moment. queues for the stations seem to be pretty good. we'll deffinitely have to be buying another machine for station 3 but i dont think its necesary yet. station 1 is sorta acting all over the place the last couple of days but since we are getting interest on our cash i don't see the need to buy another machine juuuuust yet but deffinitely soon. maybe later tonight if things move in that direction or if not then deffinitely in the morning. demand seems to have leveled off for the moment over the last couple of days (hours) ill checked again in a couple hours and see if any of the trends have changed and to see if action will be necesary tonight. also ill try not to write essays everytime i update the blog from now on

kk i'll call you tonight, just checked in again everything is sitll running smoothly but demand is defiantly picking up

yo lets hold off on buying a machine for station 2 for now its utilization is much lower than the others, it has yet to max out and were earning interest on the cash itd take to invest. station 1 may need another machine too its creeping back up in queue and utilization.

9/27 10:00 AM

updated excel spread sheet
checked on the utilization of all machines
Going to buy another machine later today, for areas 2 and 3.

Eliot

9/27 1:27 Am

Checked in on teh simulation everything seems to be running smoothly, station 1 is not running at max capacity any longer, station 2 and 3 need to be monitored closely.

9/26/2008 10:46 PM

just checked it again, lead time for completed orders is dropping as well as queue time for station 1 although queue time for station 3 is creeping upwards so we may want to consider buying another machine for station 3 in the near future but it's not necesary yet. now that lead time has fallen our revenue is climbing again which is good. were not ranked highly since weve invested in machines already while other groups have done...well nothing. all's good for now

9/26 7:30 PM

Checked in and updated the numbers. Station 1 is still running at full capacity, bought another machine for station 1 as it still seems to be a bottle neck.

Everything else appears to be running smoothly. Going to go have more libations

no major changes
No spikes

Eliot

mikes cell: 973-650-2771

9/26 3:30 PM

First meeting with Mike Rooney and Eliot checked in on the simulation.
Due to massive lead time and the que and utilization was consistently at 100%, and the lead time was at and near 3 days, we bought a machine for station on. We also finished up all our excel spreadsheets and sat back for a few hours drinking libations and checking to make sure our predictions worked.

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Here is some reading for when you get a chance:

http://web.mit.edu/sloanops/SubPages/OpsSimCom.html

http://littlefield.responsive.net/demo/littlefield.html

http://mba.yale.edu/news_events/CMS/Articles/5952.shtml

http://www.ioe.ac.uk/ccs/dowling/studentswork/mccarty_diss.pdf

http://www.sba.pdx.edu/faculty/melliep/339/CapacityCase1.pdf

http://www.sba.pdx.edu/faculty/melliep/339/miyaokaCase2.pdf

http://archive.ite.journal.informs.org/Vol5No2/Miyaoka/

http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/newspubs/haasnews/archives/hn041706.html