DataSpan, Inc., automated its plant at the start of the current year and installed a flexible manufacturing system. The company is also evaluating its suppliers and moving toward Lean Production. Many adjustment problems have been encountered, including problems relating to performance measurement. After much study, the company has decided to use the performance measures below, and it has gathered data relating to these measures for the first four months of operations.
Ans. | Throughput Time | Delivery Cycle | Manufacturing Cycle | |||||
Months | Time | Efficiency | ||||||
1 | 9.8 | days | 27.8 | days | 36.73% | |||
2 | 10.2 | days | 29.9 | days | 33.33% | |||
3 | 11 | days | 34 | days | 29.09% | |||
4 | 11.6 | days | 36.4 | days | 25.86% | |||
*Calculations for 1 a, b, c are shown below: | ||||||||
Ans. 1 a | Throughput time = Move time + Process time + Queue time + Inspection time | |||||||
Months | ||||||||
Particulars | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Move time per unit | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||
Process time per unit | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3 | ||||
Inspection time per unit | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||||
Queue time | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.4 | ||||
Total (Throughput Time) | 9.8 days | 10.2 days | 11 days | 11.6 days | ||||
Ans. 1 b | Manufacturing cycle efficiency = Process time or value added time / Throughput time * 100 | |||||||
Months | ||||||||
1 | 3.6 / 9.8 * 100 | 36.73% | ||||||
2 | 3.4 / 10.2 * 100 | 33.33% | ||||||
3 | 3.2 / 11 * 100 | 29.09% | ||||||
4 | 3 / 11.6 * 100 | 25.86% | ||||||
Ans. 1 c | Delivery cycle time = Throughput time + Wait time per order before start of production | |||||||
Months | ||||||||
1 | 9.8 + 18 | 27.8 | days | |||||
2 | 10.2 + 19.7 | 29.9 | days | |||||
3 | 11 + 23 | 34 | days | |||||
4 | 11.6 + 24.8 | 36.4 | days | |||||
Ans. 2 | The Throughput time measure displays | Favorable | trends | |||||
Delivery cycle time - days measure displays | Favorable | trends | ||||||
Manufacturing cycle efficiency - days measure displays | Unfavorable | trends | ||||||
*Throughput time and delivery cylce time are increasing every month, so these are favorable trends and | ||||||||
Manufacturing cycle efficiency is an unfavorable trend as it is decreasing every month. |
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