j(evaluvation should be among the months)

ust need a evaluvation in regards of the following parts

production processing and productivity

product quality and customer satisfaction

delivery performence

raw matrial,scrap and inventory

machine maintenance

and identyfy any areas of concern in the memo and reccomendations

Fantastic Plastics Ltd manufactures a range of moulded plastic products, such as kitchen utensils and desk accessories. The production process in the Port Pirie plant is highly automated. The plant uses a just-in-time production management system. An automatic material handling system is used to transport products between production operations. Each month the accountant prepares a production efficiency report, which is sent to corporate headquarters. The data compiled in these reports, for the first six months of the current year, follow: Average Apr. 88 70 20 97 ge 4.40 44 44 May 94 68 21 90 Fantastic Plastics Ltd: Port Pirie plant Production Efficiency Report 1 January to 30 June Jan. Feb Mar. Overtime hours 66 77 83 Total setup time (hours) 77 77 72 Cycle time (average in hours) 22 22 21 Percentage of orders filled 90 95 95 Percentage of on-time deliveries 94 88 88 Inventory value/sales revenue 5.50 5.50x 5. Sex Number of defective units, finished goods 88 90 83 Number of defective units, in process 11 33 39 Number of raw material shipments with defective materials 3 2 Number of products returned Power consumption (kilowatt hours, 2005) 880 875 882 Machine downtime (hours) 33 28 28 Bottleneck machine downtime (hours) 13 11 18 Number of unscheduled machine maintenance calls 0 1 Jun 116 68 19 90 88 5.50 24 66 5.50% 28 66 e 72.0 20.8 92.8 89.3 5.32% 59.5 43.2 1.3 2.0 879.7 881 22 11 880 22 18 880 11 18 3 14.8 1. * The concept of bottlenecks is explained in Chapter 16. Required: Write a memo to the managing director of Fantastic Plastics, evaluating the performance of the Port Pirie plant. Structure your report by dividing it into the following parts: Production processing and productivity. Product quality and customer satisfaction Delivery performance, Raw material, scrap and inventory Machine maintenance. (Some measures may be relevant to more than one area of performance) Identify any areas of concern in your memo and suggest appropriate action for management