Decision Analysis Task
JGT2 Decision Analysis Task 1
A. Recommendations on how to improve current workflow in the Shanghai plant:
In this section of the task, as the operations consultant of Shuzworld, I present my recommendations in detail on how to improve current workflow in the plant of Schuzworld’s Shanghai production facility.
As I reached the Shanghai plant, I received a warm welcome by the plant’s operating director Mr. Alistair Wu. Wu is responsible for production at all the three facilities in China. His team was eagerly waiting for me for my help on finding the ways to improve efficiency and they were willing to put into effect any recommended improvements. After taking a tour of the plant, Wu introduced me to Catherine Pang, one of the line managers. Wu explained the assembly line issues in the production of Rugged Wear Work boot product. The plant is budget to produce 6 work boots per hour and operates 40 hour workweek. The Rugged Wear Work boot has been design as steel tipped boots and hence it takes longer than usual to make. The assembly process of these boots consist of 8 steps as part of the assembly of the boots and below is the schedule, performance time with sequence requirements.
Task
Performance Time (Min)
Predecessors
A
10
None
B
6
A
C
3
A
D
8
B,C
E
3
D
F
4
D
G
3
E,F
H
9
G
Total
46 …show more content…
To increase the reliability of systems, redundancy is added. Redundancy is the use of components in parallel to raise reliability. In order to select which machine needs to be backed up I used the excel reliability tool to get my answers because it is more accurate and reduces the chances of errors. To use the tool you simply enter the reliability rate under the machine that you wish to back up and it will give you the new reliability for each machine and the system reliability for backing up that
A. Recommendations on how to improve current workflow in the Shanghai plant:
In this section of the task, as the operations consultant of Shuzworld, I present my recommendations in detail on how to improve current workflow in the plant of Schuzworld’s Shanghai production facility.
As I reached the Shanghai plant, I received a warm welcome by the plant’s operating director Mr. Alistair Wu. Wu is responsible for production at all the three facilities in China. His team was eagerly waiting for me for my help on finding the ways to improve efficiency and they were willing to put into effect any recommended improvements. After taking a tour of the plant, Wu introduced me to Catherine Pang, one of the line managers. Wu explained the assembly line issues in the production of Rugged Wear Work boot product. The plant is budget to produce 6 work boots per hour and operates 40 hour workweek. The Rugged Wear Work boot has been design as steel tipped boots and hence it takes longer than usual to make. The assembly process of these boots consist of 8 steps as part of the assembly of the boots and below is the schedule, performance time with sequence requirements.
Task
Performance Time (Min)
Predecessors
A
10
None
B
6
A
C
3
A
D
8
B,C
E
3
D
F
4
D
G
3
E,F
H
9
G
Total
46 …show more content…
To increase the reliability of systems, redundancy is added. Redundancy is the use of components in parallel to raise reliability. In order to select which machine needs to be backed up I used the excel reliability tool to get my answers because it is more accurate and reduces the chances of errors. To use the tool you simply enter the reliability rate under the machine that you wish to back up and it will give you the new reliability for each machine and the system reliability for backing up that