mrhmatt

Ok, this week is about quality control. I've found the tools for measuring thickness and the color cabinets but is there a grading system for leather color?

Thanks tree reaper

This is theoretical. I only have 4 more weeks to develop the plan. I'm guaranteed the customers because the project is mostly about operations. If I introduce new products I have to explain the machinery, electricity, hiring of employees, different processes, linear programming for man hours... I'm supposed to pick one product, setup a process, and run numbers. If it were a real business what you're saying would make sense but I would also have more than myself working on it and more than 6 weeks to do everything.

This project is about generating revenue as a company. I'm looking at getting the leather pre-chromed and dyeing, processing, and cutting at the manufacturing facility to the specs of the customer. The target customer would be a boat shoe manufacturer (Sperry Shoe Company). The capacity for the company I'm designing is about 900,000 pairs of laces per 10.4 days.

Thank Kevin. I've been able to locate all of the machinery and the associated costs. I think my model is starting to look like the Auburn Leather Company. If I buy the leather already blued I won't need the chromium, will I? How much dye does a load of leather need in a drum? How long does the leather need to be dyed for? I just put 60 mins in a drum because I couldn't locate the information. How long does leather hang dry for? I put 12 hours for this because I couldn't find this information either. I haven't addressed how much water I'm going to need either.

Hi everyone, I'm working on my capstone project for my degree in Operations and Supply Chain Management. For this class I have to create a company from cradle to grave, that manufactures a "Simple" product. Knowing nothing about leather, I ended up with leather shoe laces. After researching the product, I've realized how much goes into the creating this product, so I have a ton of questions I'm hoping someone can assist me with. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. I've decided that I will receive the leather from a supplier as wet-blue, to reduce the manufacturing processes. I will do 1/8" by 32" strings and one color. I think I'm going to produce somewhere around 250,000 to 5000,000 pairs of strings a week. I've been researching but information is limited for the short amount of time I have. Now for the questions: Where is a supplier that I can regularly order wet blue from? Should shoe lace be split leather or unsplit? Is there any certification for person inspecting the wet-blue or a special name for the person that inspects it? What is the name of the dye tumbling machine and is there a link? What cutting, shaving, sammying, vacuum drying, staking, dynasec, trimming, buffing, dry splitting, milling machine should be used for this size production? How long does the dyeing, drying, cutting take? How much leather can fit in a tumbler? What employees are crucial for the manufacturing process? Thanks again for any help.