Statistical Quality Control

Timing – In 1992, production capacity was increased from 75,000 to 100,000 after an internal expansion project. In 1995, a further capacity expansion was planned in response to the growing motorcycle market.

Directions: Use your graded tests and Unit 4 & 5 notes to answer the following questions. You can find the answers for #’s 1 – 62 on Exam 1 (3rd Nine Weeks Exam) and #’s 63 – 100 on your unit notes. Write your answers in the space provided, below each question.

The second phase, after the installation of the machines from Guarulhos, has the goal to improve the current production to an extend that:

| |This Module 2: Lesson 4 Assignment is worth 15 marks. The value of each assignment and each question is stated in the left margin. |

Review the sample syllabus and sample rubric under the questions below. Then, provide answers underneath the following questions:

Three of the four questions below will appear on the exam and you will be asked to address all three. Maximum: Three sentences for each question.

Note to students: This is a closed-book exam, containing 3 questions, worth 30 marks in total. Apart from sundry writing materials (pens, pencils and the like), no examination aids are permitted

To help mitigate the immediate supply crisis, Steve arranged for the Italian machinery tech- nicians to fine-tune the existing machines and increase capacity by 10 percent. However, Steve was not sure how long the equipment would be able to operate under this type of production schedule.

The company is currently using a CNC machine for orders for equal or greater than 140 boards due to capacity of a CNC machine; however, they would be able to process all orders with CNC machines if they add one more machine.

with no work stoppage · · Increase capacity by 44,800 wafers Have control of wafer manufactured

In order to meet customer demands for higher product quality, to comply with federally-mandated environmental regulations, and to reduce production costs, HCC must spend $2,000,000 within the next three years to upgrade equipment. The upgrade is expected to result in production efficiencies that will lower material and labor costs by reducing defective products, process waste, in-process inventory, and production man-hours through simplified work processes. It has been over a decade since significant modifications were made to the production facilities. Those changes were mostly technical in nature and did not substantially alter work processes or reduce overall employment. The average productivity gain in the industry for the past five years has been 3% per year. Financing for the loan to purchase the equipment

Question #1 is worth 5 points – all others are worth 1 point each. Either type your answers directly onto THIS sheet OR create a new file and number your answers 1, 2, 3, etc.

In addition, due to the larger growth in sales for the Ultracapcitor, we increased our investment in process improvement to $3M.

This assignment has a maximum total of 100 marks and is worth 10% of your total grade for this course. You should complete it after completing your course work for Units 1 through 5. Answer each question clearly and concisely.

In the calculation it can be said that they only 7 stations are needed. With this number of workstations one could achieve the highest efficiency at this moment. But the company will grow rapidly. Therefore they had to add new stations every year.