Publications
Publications
- October 1981 (Revised June 1985)
- HBS Case Collection
Walton Instruments Manufacturing--1980
Abstract
Provides an opportunity for students to examine the impact of different manufacturing control methods on the manufacturing infrastructure. Information flow, inventory control, quality control and process flows interact and different trade-offs are examined. Introduces concepts of inventory control and notions of quality control. Based on an earlier case by R.H. Hayes, R.T. Lund, and W.E. Sasser, Jr.
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Citation
Jaikumar, Ramchandran. "Walton Instruments Manufacturing--1980." Harvard Business School Case 682-027, October 1981. (Revised June 1985.)