Performance Monitoring of Cartelec Factory

Performance

 monitoring

 of

 Cartelec

 factory

Analyze

 if

 this

 type

 of

 performance

 monitoring

 is

 coherent

 with

 a

 just-­‐in-­‐time

 strategy.

I

 think

 this

 type

 of

 performance

 monitoring

 is

 not

 coherent

 with

 a

 just-­‐in-­‐time

 strategy.

The

 key

 of

 just-­‐in-­‐time

 strategy

 is

 keep

 the

 stock

 at

 a

 low

 level

 or

 near

 zero.

 But

maximizing

 out

 putof

 presses

 and

 labour

 is

 very

 likely

 to

 bring

 a

 large

 amount

 of

products(pressed

 board)

 which

 the

 second

 unit

 cannot

 handle

 at

 one

 time.

Can

 you

 explain

 the

 incoherence

 between

 the

 declared

 strategy

 and

 the

 performance

monitoring

 approach

 actually

 applied

 through

 the

 existing

 management

 control?

The

 company

 has

 some

 problems

 at

 producing

 PCB.

 First,

 the

 upstream

 PCB

 unit

 is

 often

late

 in

 delivering

 PCBs

 to

 the

 downstream

 unit.

 Second,

 the

 perception

 of

 market

fluctuations

 delays

 slightly.

 And

 the

 uncontrolled

 stocks

 take

 up

 space

 in

 plant.

 All

 these

problems

 may

 bring

 a

 large

 cost

 of

 storing

 and

 responding

 to

 the

 order.

Just-­‐in-­‐time

 strategy

 is

 a

 zero

 stock

 strategy,

 which

 aiming

 at

 systematically

 reducing

times

 for

 supplies,

 production

 and

 distribution,

 and

 therefore

 reducing

 stocks

 and

response

 time,

 eliminating

 delays,

 and

 accelerating

 and

 facilitating

 flows.

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