Griffin Manufacturing

A local company, Griffin Manufacturing, produces a line of jog bras. These items are made from mixed fiber fabric that includes between 10 and 15% Lycra spandex blended with cotton and polyester. The complexity of the product contributes to the production of a large volume of landfilled remnants. The company landfilled an estimate of at least six tons of this specific material per month in addition to other fabric types. That volume had doubled in the last few years and was expected to grow. 

A garment manufacturer, Griffin Manufacturing Co., Fall River, Massachusetts, a partner in this research project, produces a jogging bra which is constructed of two layers of knitted fabric. The blue outer fabric contains 43% cotton, 43% polyester and 14% Lycra spandex. The white inner lining contains 90% CoolMax and 10% Lycra spandex. CoolMax is a DuPont trademark for fabric containing DuPont tetra-channel Dacron polyester fiber. - All these materials are characterized in another section of this report. 

Griffin (2013). Griffin manufacturing, http //www.grtffinmanufacturing.coni/... 

As explained earlier, the relief supplies are procured for two buckets prepositioned inventory, and real time deliveries. Procurement can therefore be structured in the way discussed with respect to the Griffin Manufacturing case, discussed in Chap. 6. The supplies for prepositioned inventory can be procured in a proactive mode - a long-term contract with low-cost suppliers and ample delivery lead time. Such contracts are usually of the fixed-price type, where price is determined through a bidding process (reverse auction). The supplier bids a fixed price but must satisfy buyer stipulated specifications on the RFQ. The supplier bears all risk associated with cost escalation, but he/she prices his product appropriately to cover his production risk. Clearly, a fixed-price contract is easy to implement and inexpensive to monitor. 

Marland, G., Boden, T. A., Griffin, R. C., Huang, S. F., Kanciruk, P. and Nelson, T. R. (1989). Estimates of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning and cement manufacturing, based on the US Bureau of Mines cement manufacturing data. Rep. ORNL/CDIAC-25, NDP-030, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge Natl. Lab., Oak Ridge, TN. 

Ainswoth Mitchel, C. and T. C. Hepworth (1924), Inks, Their Composition and Manufacture, Griffin, London. 

Person R C, McKenna D R, Ellebracht J W, Griffin D B, McKeith F K, Scanga J A, Beltk K E, Smith G C and Saveli J W (2005), Benchmarking value in pork supply chain processing and consumer characteristics of hams manufactured from different quality of raw materials , Meat Sci, 70, 91-97. 

Spanggord RJ, Mortelmans KE, Griffin AF, et al. 1982b. Mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium and structure-activity relationships of wastewater components emanating from the manufacture of trinitrotoluene. Environ Mutagen 4 163-179. 

See A Treatise on Colour Manufacture, Zen and Riibeakamp, translated by C. Mayer (Chaa. Griffin and Oo. 1908). 

Smith GG, Former DE, Griffin JC. New process for the manufacture of sterile ophthalmic ointments. Bull Parenter Drug... 

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