OPMT $2298-$ Business Process Improvement

BCIT

Mini Case $-$ Chick$-$n$-$Gravy Dinner Line

The Operations Manager of a company that produces frozen dinner had received numerous complaints from supermarkets about the company's Chick$-$n$-$Gravy dinners. The manager asked her assistant, Ann, to investigate the matter and to report her recommendation. Ann's first task was to determine what problems were generating the complaints. The majority of complaints centered on five defects: underfilled packages, a missing item, spilled$/$mixed items, unacceptable taste, and improperly sealed packages. Next, she took $800$ samples and dinners from the two production lines and examined each sample, making a note of any defects that she found. A summary of those results is shown in the table below.

$\backslash$table$[[$Date$,$Time,$\backslash$table$[[$Production$],[$Line$]],$Underfilled,Missing Item,Spilled$/$Mixed$,\backslash$table$[[$Unacceptable$],[$Taste$]],\backslash$table$[[$Improperly$],[$Sealed$]]],[12-$May,$9$:$00$am$,1,,$II$,1,$III,$],[12-$May,$1$:$30$pm$,2,,$E$,$II$,,$II$],[13-$May,$10$:$00$am$,2,,3,,$II$,$III$],[13-$May,$1$:$45pm,1,11,$Zis,II$,,],[13-$May,$3$:$30$pm$,2,5,11,$III,,$1],[14-$May,$8$:$30$am$,1,-,$IIII,$5,$III,$],[14-$May,$11$:$00$am$,2,1,,1,$II$,],[14-$May,$2$:$00pm,1,8,7,1,,1],[15-$May,$10$:$30$am$,1,5,$III,E$,$IIIII,$],[15-$May,$11$:$45$am$,2,38,,1,$II$,],[15-$May,$3$:$00pm,1,$II$,$Ex$,1,,],[16-$May,$8$:$45$am$,2,,$E$,5,$II$,$II$],[16-$May,$10$:$30$am$,1,$H$,$III,$1,$III,$],[16-$May,$2$:$00$pm$,1,1,,,,],[16-$May,$3$:$45pm,2,1,$IIIII,$1,1,$II$]]$

Based on the observable data, where should Ann focus her attention? Findings must include:

Tools used for analysis $($two different tools, one must be Pareto chart$-$document in excel$)$

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