Vancouver manufacturing Ltd, manufactures a variety of high quality electronic components. Data from the last three...
Surrey Glass Manufacturing. manufactures a variety of high quality electronic components. Data from the last three months are presented below: April May June Direct materials partial productivity 0.85 0.86 0.87 Overtime hours worked 80 75 72 Defect rate 2.00% 1.95% 1.92% On time delivery 98.0% 98.3% 98.0% Set up time (average in hours) 6.90 6.85 6.80 Number of machine breakdowns 2 1 1 Downtime (hours) 12.0 11.5 11.25 Number of products returned 6 5 4 Throughput time (hours) 12.0 11.8...
Question 3 (30 marks) Surrey Glass Manufacturing, manufactures a variety of high quality electronic components. Data from the last three months are presented below: Direct materials partial productivity Overtime hours worked Defect rate On time delivery Set up time (average in hours) Number of machine breakdowns 2 Downtime (hours) Number of products returned 6 Throughput time (hours) April May 0.85 0.86 8075 2.00% 1.95% 98.0% 98.3% 6.90 6.85 1 12.0 11.5 5 12.0 11.8 June 0.87 72 1.92% 98.0% 6.80...
Tombro Industries is in the process of automating one of its plants and developing a flexible manufacturing system. The company is finding it necessary to make many changes in operating procedures. Progress has been slow, particularly in trying to develop new performance measures for the factory. In an effort to evaluate performance and determine where improvements can be made, management has gathered the following data relating to activities over the last four months: Month 1 2 3 4 Quality control...
Tombro Industries is in the process of automating one of its plants and developing a flexible manufacturing system. The company is finding it necessary to make many changes in operating procedures. Progress has been slow, particularly in trying to develop new performance measures for the factory In an effort to evaluate performance and determine where improvements can be made, management has gathered the following data relating to activities over the last four months Month Quality control measures: Number of defects...
It’s 7 a.m. in San Antonio, Texas, and Rich Marcogliese, chief operating officer of Valero Energy, is holding his usual morning meeting with the plant managers of 16 major refineries throughout the United States and Canada. On the walls of the headquarters’ operations center are a series of monitors centered by a giant screen with a live display of the company’s Refining Dashboard. Whether the executives are in the room or connected remotely, all eyes are trained on the Web-accessible...