Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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ISBN: 9781259569562
Author: Ronald W Hilton Proffesor Prof, David Platt
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 49P
MedTech, Inc. manufactures diagnostic testing equipment used in hospitals. The company practices JIT production management and has a state-of-the-art manufacturing system, including an FMS and an AMHS. The following nonfinancial data were collected biweekly in the Harrisburg plant during the first quarter of the current year.
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- 1. For each nonfinancial performance measure, indicate which of the following areas of manufacturing performance is involved: (a) production processing, (b) product quality, (c) customer acceptance, (d) in-process quality control, (e) productivity, (f) delivery performance, (g) raw material and scrap, (h) inventory, (i) machine maintenance. Some measures may relate to more than one area.
- 2. Write a memo to management commenting on the performance data collected for the Harrisburg plant. Be sure to note any trends or other important results you see in the data. Evaluate the Harrisburg plant in each of the areas listed in requirement (1).
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Chapter 12 Solutions
Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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