Resser Corporation Manufactures Serving Trays and Utensils for Use by Airlines

question 45

Essay

Resser Corporation manufactures serving trays and utensils for use by airlines for meal service. Several airlines order these products in large quantities. Resser had adopted an activity-based management philosophy. Listed below are the principal activities of the company.
$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Product inspection } & \text { Product marketing } \\\text { Product packaging } & \text { Accounting } \\\text { Materials storage } & \text { Moving work in process } \\\text { Product engineering } & \text { Inventory control } \\\text { Product schechling } & \text { Production-assembly } \\\text { Materials purchasing } & \text { Production area cleamup } \\\text { Production-machine setup } & \text { Human resources services } \\\text { Building maintenance } & \text { Product rework } \\\text { New product design } & \text { Depreciation of buiding } \end{array}$

a. Identify activities that are nonvalue-adding.
b. Analyze each of the nonvalue-adding activities and determine which are necessary. Suggest how each of the activities that you classified as unnecessary could be reduced or eliminated.

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Definitions:

Free Half Day

Free half day usually refers to programs offering educational or childcare services without cost to the participants for a part of the day, commonly found within early childhood education settings.

Quality Programs

Initiatives or plans designed to enhance the standard of products, services, or education through specific guidelines or measures.

Higher Standards

Expectations or benchmarks that are set above current norms or average levels, often aimed at encouraging improved performance or quality.

Full Inclusion

A philosophy or practice in education whereby students with disabilities are educated alongside their non-disabled peers in general education classrooms with appropriate supports.