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 196 57 113 174 50 107 135 41 90 96 38 69 8 days 15 7 days 16 5 days 2% 4 days 33 Quality control measures: Number of defects Number of warranty claims Number of customer complaints Material control measures: Purchase order lead time Scrap as a percent of total cost Machine performance measures Machine downtime as a percentage of availability Use as a percentage of availability Setup time (hours) Delivery performance measures: Throughout time Manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) Delivery cycle time Percentage of on-time deliveries 25 96% 8 38 935 10 3X 90 11 45 86 12 ? ? 2 97% 7 ? ? 96% 7 ? ? 93% ? 2 ? sex 3 ge Month Quality control measures: Number of defects 196 174 Number of warranty claims 135 96 57 Number of customer complaints se 41 38 Material control measures: 113 107 69 Purchase order lead time 8 days 7 days Scrap as a percent of total cost 5 days 4 days 1% 1% 2x 38 Machine performance measures: Machine downtime as a percentage of availability 2% 3% 3% 4% Use as a percentage of availability 96% 93% 90% 86% Setup time (hours) 12 Delivery performance measures: Throughput time ? ? Manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) ? ? ? Delivery cycle time ? ? ? Percentage of on-time deliveries 97% 96% 93% 90 The president has read in industry Journals that throughput time, MCE, and delivery cycle time are important measures of performance, but no one is sure how they are computed. You have been asked to assist the company, and you have gathered the following data relating to these measures B 10 ? ? ? ? Average per Month (in days) 2 3 4 10.4 wait time per order before start of production Inspection time per unit Process time per unit Queue time per unit Move time per unit 8.6 0.9 2.4 4.3 0.8 2.3 4.9 8.6 11.e 0.8 2.2 5.4 0.6 13.0 0.8 1.9 6.6 2.7 Required: 1-a. Compute the throughput time for each month. 1-b. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for each month 1-c. Compute the delivery cycle time for each month. 3-a. Refer to the inspection time, process time, and so forth, given for month 4. Assume that in month 5 the inspection time, process time, and so forth, are the same as for month 4, except that the company is able to completely eliminate the queue time during production using Lean Production Compute the new throughput time and MCE. 3-b. Refer to the inspection time, process time, and so forth.given for month 4. Assume that in month 6 the inspection time, process time, and so forth, are the same as in month 4. except that the company is able to eliminate both the queue time during production and the inspection time using Lean Production Compute the new throughput time and MCE Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 3 1-a. Compute the throughput time for each month. 1-b. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for each month. 1-c. Compute the delivery cycle time for each month. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Show less Delivery Cycle Time Throughput Time days days days days Manufacturing Cycle Efficiency (MCE) % % Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 days days days % % days Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 3 3-a. (Month 5) Refer to the inspection time, process time, and so forth, given for month 4. Assume that in month 5 the inspection time, process time, and so forth, are the same as for month 4. except that the company is able to completely eliminate the queue time during production using Lean Production Compute the new throughput time and MCE. 3-b. (Month 6) Refer to the inspection time, process time, and so forth, given for month 4. Assume that in month 6 the inspection time, process time, and so forth, are the same as in month 4, except that the company is able to eliminate both the queue time during production and the inspection time using Lean Production. Compute the new throughput time and MCE. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Show less Month 6 Throughput time Manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) Month 5 days % days %
