Comment on the process strategy at wheeled coach case

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Please give explanation on 3 questions below. The Wheeled coach information is below the 3 questions.

Comment on the Process Strategy at Wheeled Coach case study at end of chapter 7. Using the concepts from process strategy, explain

Why you believe major automobile manufacturers do not make ambulances?

What alternate strategy would your recommend that Wheeled Coach use to improve their currently assembly line approach?

Why is it more efficient for work cells to produce modules and deliver them to the assembly line than produce that component on the line?

Wheeled Coach, based in Winter Park, Florida, is the world's largest manufacturer of ambulances. Working four 10-hour days each week, 350 employees make only custom-made ambulances; virtually every vehicle is unique. Wheeled Coach accommodates the marketplace by providing a wide variety of options and an engineering staff accustomed to innovation and custom design.

Continuing growth, which now requires that more than 20 ambulances roll off the assembly line each week, makes process design a continuing challenge.

Wheeled Coach's response has been to build a focused factory: Wheeled Coach builds nothing but ambulances. Within the focused factory, Wheeled Coach established work cells for every major module feeding an assembly line, including aluminum bodies, electrical wiring harnesses, interior cabinets, windows, painting, and upholstery. Labor standards drive the schedule so that every work cell feeds the assembly line on schedule, just-in-time for installations.

The chassis, usually that of a Ford truck, moves to a station at which the aluminum body is mounted. Then the vehicle is moved to painting Following a custom paint job, it moves to the assembly line, where it will spend 7 days. During each of these 7 workdays, each work cell delivers its respective module to the appropriate position on the assembly line.

During the first day, electrical wiring is installed; on the second day, the unit moves forward to the station at which cabinetry is delivered and installed, then to a window and lighting station, on to upholstery, to fit and finish, to further customizing, and finally to inspection and road testing. The Global Company Profile featuring Wheeled Coach, which opens Chapter 140, provides further details about this process.

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