Case Study Medtech Eletronics Equipment Manufacturer Essay

This report is written based on the case study of MedTech-Eletronics Equipment Manufacturer. The writer will introduce the background of the company and then list the problems it is facing which are waiting problems, material and capacity plans problems, quality control problems, inefficient operations problems and the problems of shop-floor systems and supplier systems. Then the study will discuss MPC and explain the 3 parts of MPC (Manufacturing Planning and Control) Framework which are front end, engine and back end. After that the essay will connect MPC and the 5 problems to find solutions which are production scheduling, engineering control, ISO 9000 or six sigma quality control systems, ICTs systems for communicating and just in time (JIT). Finally the writer will show the summary of this study. 2. Introduction Medtech is an electronics equipment manufacturer for producing visual inspection tools. They are trying to reduce the cycle time for equipment assembly and improving its work method by reengineering operational processes in the areas of warehouse operation, material flow, information flow and manufacturing practices. They will reengineering these four areas by monitoring and analysising four manufacturing departments which are Mechanical Assembly, Electronics, Optics and Final Test. The methodology is confirmed scientifically and rigorously in a total 68 hours and the data were organisaed and statistically analysed. There are several problems that Medtech is