The factory operates on one shift, 4 days a week, ten hours a shift, making 160 hours available per shift per month. Workers take two 15-minute breaks during a shift. The company experiences 16 hours of breakdowns, 14 hours of setup, 13 hours of idling, 5 hours of stoppages, and defect rate of 5,200 PPM (Parts Per Million). What is the Operation Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of the factory?

What are the major causes of capacity leakage? Are they avoidable? 11.10 Questions for managers Medi-Call provides personal alarm systems to the elderly and infi rm. Customers are principally those people who live alone, preferring to stay in their own homes rather than be looked after in some form of institutional care or with family. The customer has a small transmitter/receiver, which can be worn as a pendant or on the wrist like a watch. If the customer has a problem they press the button on the pendant, which activates a base station located at the customer’s telephone. The base station calls Medi-Call’s contact centre, which provides 24/7 cover to ensure maximum reassurance for its customers. Medi-Call’s agent will attempt to establish contact with the customer. Because the transmitter is so sensitive, it is possible to carry out a conversation up to 50 metres away from the base station. Medi-Call’s staff are trained to provide immediate reassurance to the…

George Kyparisis makes bowling balls in his Miami plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has a newfound interest in efficiency. George is interested in determining the productivity of his organization. He would like to know if his organization is maintaining the manufacturing average of a 3% increase in productivity. He has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month this year: Units Produced Labor (hours) Resin (pounds) Capital Invested ($) Energy (BTU) The percent change in productivity for one month last year versus one month this year or decimal places). Last Year 1,200 300 50 9,000 3,000 Now 1,200 275 45 10,000 2,850 Cost Per Input Unit $10 per hour $5 per pound 1% per month $0.50 per BTU multifactor basis with dollars as the common denominator = % (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two

okey​ Min's Kleen Karpet cleaned 85 rugs in​ October, consuming the following​ resources:     ​Labor: 520 hours at ​$17 per hour ​Solvent: 125 gallons at ​$8 per gallon Machine​ Rental: 24 days at ​$75 per day ​a) Labor productivity per dollar​ = nothing ​rugs/dollar ​(round your response to four decimal​ places) b) Multifactor productivity =    Rugs/dollar (round your response to four decimal places)

A small language school has a class offering capacity of 80 students per day. Its effective capacity, however, is 64 students per day, and its actual output is 62 students per day. The operational manager would like to increase the number of students per day. Which of the following factors would you recommend that the manager investigate: quality problems, absenteeism, or scheduling and balancing? Explain your reasoning.A small language school has a class offering capacity of 80 students per day. Its effective capacity, however, is 64 students per day, and its actual output is 62 students per day. The operational manager would like to increase the number of students per day. Which of the following factors would you recommend that the manager investigate: quality problems, absenteeism, or scheduling and balancing? Explain your reasoning.

The following information was a collected and calculated from a excavating activity that included a change order. Use the following information to calculate how many worker hours were added to this activity because of the change order. Non-Impacted Impacted Units Produced 2,000 CY 3,000 CY 0.125 WRK-HR CY WRK-HR Productivity 0.15