For the past two years, Value Mobile has been working to improve the quality of its phones. Data for 2019 and 2020 follows (in thousands of phones):
2019 |
2020 |
|
Cell phones produced and shipped |
3819 |
16920 |
Number of defective units shipped |
142 |
498 |
Number of customer complaints |
234 |
383 |
Units reworked before shipping |
185 |
867 |
Manufacturing cycle time (days) |
17 |
19 |
Average customer response time (days) |
33 |
31 |
Required:
Follow the instructions you see on the Data tab of the worksheet (found in Module 5 or by clicking “Next” at the bottom of this page). Show all calculations within the cells of the Excel spreadsheet. This means that you must use formulas and links so that your thought process can be examined. There should be no hard coding of solutions.