Mini-Case 14-3: Custom Cars, Inc

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Mini-Case 14-3: Custom Cars, Inc.
Al and Helen Wise have a love affair with cars. After collecting and restoring cars for a number of years, they decide to form their own "kit car" company. This type of company sells "kits" to people who want to build their own functioning replicas of famous or collectable cars. About 60 percent of their business is selling the kits, 10 percent is conducting classes and seminars on assembling the kits, and the remaining 30 percent is actually building the cars for the customers.
Their business has three distinct manufacturing issues. The production of the car kits, the assembly of the custom cars for owners who want them but do not have the time to do the work themselves, and the "assembling and selling" training seminars on how to put the cars together.
-Explain which manufacturing layout would be best for each of the three manufacturing issues the Wises face.

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