Bus 644 Final paper

Harvey Industries

Putting Harvey Industries Back into the Black

BUS 644: Operations Management

Introduction

Harvey Industries is a Wisconsin based company specializing in the manufacturing of high pressure washer systems and the sale and/or the repair of the parts for these systems. This company has the privilege of serving outstanding companies like General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Delta Airlines, United Postal Service, and the Shell Oil Company, but most of its businesses income is produced from the sale of the equipment used for coin operated self-service car wash systems. In the last three of four years, the company has lost money and the inventory for the business is consistently on the rise, thereby creating the unnecessary storage/inventory expenses. Finally, the...