Homework Assignment 3
Due in Week 3 and worth 30 points
The following data consists of the actual time used and potential (the best
time possible for this review process) to complete each step in the review
process. The actual times are based on the review of 30 projects. The potential
times are subjective engineering judgment estimates.
Use the data in the table above and answer the following questions in the space
provided below:
1.
What are the
sources of value-added and non-value-added work in this process?
2.
Where are the
main opportunities to improve the cycle time of this process, with respect to
both actual time used and the potential best times? What strategy would you
use?
3.
Step 10: Resolve
Open Issues required 104 hours (potential) versus 106 hours (actual). Is there
an OFI here? Why or why not? If so, how would you attack it?
4.
What do you
think are the most difficult critical issues to deal with when designing a
sound cycle time study such as this one?
