What is the labour productivity for these tires at Ilhandir Manufacturing
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Operations Management
Answer the following question.
Q1. What is the logic of Taguchi
methods? (10 marks)
Q2. 14. Ilhan Dalci is president of
Ilhandir Manufacturing, a producer of GoKart Tires. Dalci makes 1000 tires per
tires per day with the following resources: Labour: 400 hours at 12.50 MU/hr
Raw Material: 20 000 kgs/day at 1MU/kg Energy: 5 000 MU/day Capital: 10 000
MU/day
a. What is the labour productivity for
these tires at Ilhandir Manufacturing? b. What is the multifactor productivity
for these tires at Ilhandir Manufacturing?
c. What is the percent change in
multifactor productivity if Ilhandir can reduce energy bill by 1000 MU without
cutting production or changing any other inputs? (10 marks)
Q3.Haldun LOP, the production manager
of LOP Chemicals, in Gazimagusa, TRNC, is preparing his quarterly report which
is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs is
production data prepared bye ltem SERIN, his operation analyst. The report,
which she gave him this morning, showed the following: 2005 2006 Production
(units) 4 500 6 000 Raw Material Used (barrels of Petroleum byproducts)
700 900 Labour Hours ` 22 000 28 000
Capital Cost applied to the Department (MU) 375 000 620 000 Haldun LOP wondered
if his productivity had increased at all. He called Meltem into his office and
conveyed the above information to her and asked her to proceed with preparing
this part of the report. (Include your interpretations for each productivity
figure) (10 marks)
Q4. Mr. Ilhan DALCI makes billiard
balls in his Beyarmudu plant. With a recent increase in taxes, his costs have
gone up and he has a newfound interest in efficiency. Mr.Dalci is interested in
determining the productivity of his organisation. He would like to know if his
organisation is maintaining the manufacturing average of 3% increase in
productivity. He has the following data representing a month from last year and
an equivalent month this year. __________________Last year Now Units produced 1
000 1 000 Labour (hours) 300 275 Resin (kg.s) 50 45 Capital invested (MU) 10
000 11 000 Energy (BTU) 3 000 2 850 Show the productivity change for each
category and then determine the IMPROVEMENT for labour hrs, the typical
standard for comparison. (10 marks)
Q5. The Cool Tech Co. produces various
types of fans. In May, the company produced 1728 window fans at a standard price
of 40 MU. The Co. has 12 direct labour employees whose compensation (including
wages and fringe benefits) amounts to 21 MU/hour. During May, window fans were
produced on 9 working days 9of 8 hours each), and other products were produced
on other days. a. Determine the productivity of the window fans. b. In June,
the CoolTech Co. produced 1 730 fans in 10 working days. What is the percentage
in labour productivity of windows from May? (10marks)
Q6. 5. Serra’s Ceramics spent 3 000 MU
on a new kiln last year, in the belief that it would cut energy usage 25 % over
the old kiln. This kiln is an oven that turns “greenware” into finished
pottery. Serra is concerned that the new kiln requires extra labour hours for
its operation. Serra wants to check the energy saving of the new oven, and also
to look over other measures of their productivity to see if the change really
was beneficial. Serra has the following data to work with: Last Year This Year
Production (finished units) 4000 4000 Greenware (pounds) 5000 5000 Labour (hrs)
350 375 Capital (MU) 15000 18000 Energy (kWh) 3000 2600 Were the modifications
BENEFICIAL? (10 marks)
Q7. 1. Suzan has a part time “cottage industry”
producing seasonal plywood yard ornaments for resale at local craft fairs and
bazaars. She currently works a total of 4 hours per day to produce 10
ornaments.
a. What is her productivity?
b. She thinks that by redesigning the
ornaments and switching from use of a wood glue to a hot glue gun she can increase
her production to 20 ornaments per day. What is her new productivity? (10 marks)
c. What is her percentage increase (or decrease)
in productivity?
Q8. What are the advantages and
limitations of planning? (10 marks)
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