Peerless Laser Processors Case Study

Develop answers to the following questions regarding the Peerless Laser Processors case study in our text (p.394-398). It is expected you will draw information from our readings in our Lean Thinking text, Operations Management for MBAs text, as well as outside sources. At a minimum you should use at least 4-6 scholarly peer-reviewed sources besides our textbooks to support your answers.  Feel free to use additional examples from your own personal experience or readings to back up your answers Each answer must be a minimum of 400 words.

Please include a title page and a reference page in APA format.

• Question 1: How did the laser cutter “save” Peerless Saw Company when it could not be justified on payback or ROI grounds? Does this mean that the economics of automation is not important, or at least were not for Peerless?
• Question 2: What do you think the potential problems might be in purchasing the 1200-watt laser? What about the potential benefits? Will this laser have the same impact on the business as the first laser? What are the strategic variables involved in these decisions.
• Question 3: What are the organizational/behavioral considerations involved in this purchase? Are they the same as the first laser? How might this system be more or less justifiable on a noneconomic basis than the first laser system?
• Question 4: Ted is thinking about offering 25 of his largest customers the opportunity to tie into his system directly from their offices. What benefits would this offer to the customers and Peerless? What problems might it pose?
• Question 5: Advise Ted on the purchase of the new laser system.  Justify your response.

Word Count: 2400-2500

No. of Pages: 10