Manufacturing Engineering & Technology
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ISBN: 9780133128741
Author: Serope Kalpakjian, Steven Schmid
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 36, Problem 8RQ
What is a loss function? How is it used?
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Kilmer Company's customer demand for its only product exceeds its manufacturing capacity. The company provided the following
information for the machine whose limited capacity is prohibiting the company from producing and selling additional units:
Actual run time this week
Machine time available per week
Actual run rate this week
Ideal run rate
Defect-free output this week
Total output this week (including defects)
1-a. Utilization rate
1-b. Efficiency rate.
1-c. Quality rate
1-d. Overall equipment effectiveness
7,500 minutes
12,500 minutes
2-a. Utilization loss in units
2-b. Efficiency loss in units
2-c. Quality loss in units
6.30 units per minute
7 units per minute
Required:
1. and 2. With respect to the company's overall equipment effectiveness, calculate the following:
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answers to 2 decimal places and "Units" answers to the nearest whole
number.
37,800 units
47,250 units
Chapter 36 Solutions
Manufacturing Engineering & Technology
Ch. 36 - Define the terms sample size, random sampling,...Ch. 36 - What are chance variations?Ch. 36 - Prob. 3RQCh. 36 - Define standard deviation. Why is it important...Ch. 36 - Describe what is meant by statistical process...Ch. 36 - When is a process out of control? Explain.Ch. 36 - Explain why control charts are developed. How...Ch. 36 - What is a loss function? How is it used?Ch. 36 - What do control limits indicate?Ch. 36 - Prob. 10RQ
Ch. 36 - What is acceptance sampling? Why was it developed?Ch. 36 - Prob. 12RQCh. 36 - What is meant by six-sigma quality?Ch. 36 - Prob. 14RQCh. 36 - Prob. 15RQCh. 36 - Give three methods of nondestructive testing...Ch. 36 - Explain why major efforts are continually being...Ch. 36 - Prob. 18QLPCh. 36 - Prob. 19QLPCh. 36 - Prob. 20QLPCh. 36 - Prob. 21QLPCh. 36 - Prob. 22QLPCh. 36 - What are the advantages of automated...Ch. 36 - Prob. 24QLPCh. 36 - Prob. 25QLPCh. 36 - Explain why GO and NOT GO gages (see Section...Ch. 36 - Prob. 27QLPCh. 36 - Prob. 28QLPCh. 36 - Prob. 29QLPCh. 36 - Prob. 31QLPCh. 36 - Beverage-can manufacturers try to achieve failure...Ch. 36 - Assume that in Example 36.3 the number of samples...Ch. 36 - Calculate the control limits for averages and...Ch. 36 - Calculate the control limits for (a) number of...Ch. 36 - In an inspection with a sample size of 12 and a...Ch. 36 - Prob. 37QTPCh. 36 - The average of averages of a number of samples of...Ch. 36 - Prob. 39QTPCh. 36 - Prob. 40QTPCh. 36 - Prob. 41SDPCh. 36 - Describe your thought on whether products should...Ch. 36 - Prob. 44SDPCh. 36 - Prob. 45SDPCh. 36 - Prob. 46SDPCh. 36 - Prob. 47SDPCh. 36 - Prob. 48SDPCh. 36 - Many components of products have a minimal effect...
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