Question

Case 14.25

Standard-setting process Canada Printing Group, Inc. (CPGI), has recently begun the process of acquiring small to medium-size local and regional printing firms across the country to facilitate its corporate strategy of becoming the low-cost provider of graphic arts and printing services in Canada. To emphasize the importance of cost control, CPGI uses a standard cost system in all its printing plants. Most of the smaller firms that CPGI has acquired have never used a standard cost system before. Therefore, when CPGI acquires a new printing plant, its first task is to evaluate the operation and set standards for the printing presses.

One such recent acquisition was Pierre's Lithographing of Montreal. Pierre has a 5-year-old, 40-inch, four-color press that is in very good condition. Specifications provided by the manufacturer of the press indicate that under ideal conditions, the press should be able to produce 10,000 impressions per hour. CPGI has many similar presses throughout its organization, and in most locations the standard has been set at 9,000 impressions per hour. Many of Pierre's jobs have been for smaller run quantities, which means that the presses are stopped many times during the day as the press operator sets up the press for each new job.

Additionally, the jobs that Pierre attracts are very complex and require high-quality results. Pierre suggests that even if everything ran perfectly throughout a day, the most he could expect the press to run would be 8,000 impressions per hour.

As usual with new acquisitions, CPGI has prepared a time study of the press for the past six months to determine how productive each of the operators has been. The results of the time study are as follows:

Required:

• CPGI is considering five possibilities for setting the press standard for impressions per hour: 10,000, 9,000, 8,000, 7,400, or 6,500. Discuss the appropriateness, including a list of pros and cons, of setting the press standard at each level identified.
• What qualitative factors should CPGI consider when setting a standard for the same model press at other sites across Canada?
• Which level would you choose for the press standard at Pierre's Lithographing of Montreal? Explain your answer.

The case is about the standard-setting process and presents 5 different possibilities to consider for choosing a standard performance rate (impressions per hour) for a printing press. From the 5 options presented, please choose one option that you can support and one option that you cannot support and then discuss your reasons on each side of the argument.

Answer 1

Answer:-

• Express the 5 conceivable outcomes CGPI is thinking about for setting the press standard for printing impressions every hour with their relative advantages and disadvantages:

10000 impressions for every hour

• The movement under this dimension portrays a perfect standard , or one can say a "designing" standard that accept as working conditions would be perfect and in this way every one of the occasions material and work data sources will work with their greatest dimensions of proficiency

Pros:This would result in a low standard expense for each impression with any troublesome fluctuation.

This subsequent would be an indication of the expense are not accomplishing perfect determined conditions.

Cons:Actually,this standard is so implausible and the as of now produced negative fluctuations won't at any rate propel the bosses just as representatives to achieve the execution target.