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Custom Fabricators, Inc - Week 2. Custom Fabricators, Incorporated Since
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Custom Fabricators, Incorporated
Since its release in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has impacted the manufacturing sector in the United States. Manufacturing organizations such as Custom Fabricators, Inc (CFI) have been forced to find ways to cut costs to remain competitive. In the United States, NAFTA has contributed to the reduction of employment in high- wage traded-goods industries, growing wage inequality, and a steady decline in demand for workers without a college education. The majority of the net jobs displaced were in the manufacturing sector. Growing trade deficits with Canada displaced 270,248 manufacturing jobs while growing deficits with Mexico displaced 388,682 manufacturing jobs, for a total of 658,930 manufacturing jobs displaced (64.9% of the total) (Scott, Salas, & Campbell, 2006, p. 1). Figure 2 displays job losses per state.
Figure 2
NAFTA Impacts on Jobs per State
Note: Retrieved from Scott, Salas, & Campbell, 2006, p. 1.
This paper will summarize the Custom Fabricators, Inc. case study by Chase, Jacobs, & Aquilano, p. 44, answer the discussion questions shown in Figure 2, and define the role of Operations Management at Custom Fabricators, Inc.
Figure 2
Case Study Discussion Questions
Note: Retrieved from Chase, Jacobs, & Aquilano, 2004, p. 45.
Custom Fabricators, Inc.
CFI is a non-union shop with loyal employees, and low employee turnover. CFI started by providing sheet-metal elevator panels for Orleans Elevator in the 1980s. Since that time CFI's role with Orleans has grown due to Orleans policy with regard to outsourcing. Not only does CFI produce panels, but CFI also provides the entire panel assembly, which includes the electronics, the elevator motor assembly, and several custom brackets and other machined parts for Orleans. CFI and Orleans have developed a close partnership. Orleans provides CFI with elevator...
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