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Case Study: Solid Industries

Solid Industries is a manufacturer of cylinder liners. Their products are mainly rejected due to defects
arising in the assembly section and casting section of the company’s production process. The defects in
the assembly section are generally, undersize of outer diameter, oversize of inner diameter, and
unproportioned collar or width. In the like manner, the defects in the casting section generally involves
cracks, hardness, porosity, or evident holes in the produced cylinders. Hence, it is necessary for the
company to reduce the cost of rework due to defects in assembly and casting section to improve the
quality of their products.
The company also targets to increase their sales in the market to gain a significant market share. Solid
Industries know that they can only move forward to their goals if they will be able to find a way to achieve
good quality products and operational efficiency through maximized productivity and reduced internal
costs. Under these circumstances, the company established three (3) major objectives: to improve the
overall efficiency of the system in assembly and casting section; to maximize output per section with less
defects; and to modify the production process for better understanding and execution.
Follow the suggested outline below in answering the case study:

I. Background
Solid Industries is a cylinder lining producer. Their goods are generally rejected because of flaws in
the assembling and casting sections of the manufacturing process. Undersized outer diameter,
oversized inner diameter, and unproportioned collar or breadth are the most common problems
in the assembly section. Similarly, fractures, hardness, porosity, or obvious holes in the generated
cylinders are common problems in the casting portion. To increase the quality of their goods, the
corporation must lower the cost of rework due to faults in the assembly and casting sections.
In order to achieve a considerable market share, the corporation also plans to grow sales. Solid
Industries understands that they can only achieve their objectives if they can discover a means to
improve product quality and operational efficiency through increased productivity and lower
internal expenses. In light of these conditions, the firm set three (3) primary goals: increase
overall system efficiency in the assembly and casting sections; increase output per section with
fewer faults; and adjust the manufacturing process for better understanding and execution.
II. Statement of the Problem
a. How can Solid Industries improve the overall efficiency of their system in assembly and
casting section?
- improve the overall efficiency of the system in assembly and casting section
b. How can control charts contribute in maximizing the output produced in the different
sections of the production process of Solid Industries with less defects?
- If they use charts to evaluate the outcome of their productivity it will help them to
know what will need to be improved and fixed in order to them to achieve the best
quality that they can offer for their customer.
c. What steps should Solid Industries employ in order to modify their existing production
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process?
- They need to focus on their materials and also their types of machinery because it
is the most problem of their production process there are a lot of damages and
reject the product.
III. Alternative Courses of Action
a. It must contain at least two (2) courses of action for every point stated in the statement of
the problem. It must also present the advantages and disadvantages of each course of
action in resolving the organizational problems.
- The company need to have more adjustment not only for their products but also to
the strategy that they need to use. The target of this company is to increase their
sales and to gain profit but the problem is how they can gain or increase their sale
if the manufacturing problem gives too much trouble to them. The company should
analyze carefully the outcome of every detail that the chart gives to them, they
need to visualize what would be the outcome if they will continue their
manufacturing if it causes rejection.
IV. Recommendation
a. It must present the best course of action among the presented alternatives in resolving
each organizational problem.
- I recommend to this company that they could apply the Kaizen approach because it
gives them motivation to continually improve and learn from their mistakes.
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Rubric for grading:
CRITERIA PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POINTS

Wrote a concise summary of the case, the
Executive
alternatives proposed, and the 20
Summary
recommendation for the case.
Organization of Adhered to the correct outline and content
20
Ideas was organized in a clear and logical manner.
All necessary research and analysis are
Analysis provided in support to the statement of the 30
problem.
Proposed a well-thought and well-
Recommendation 30
researched solution to the case study.
TOTAL 100
Reference
Raghavendra, B. (2013). A case study on total quality control of manufacturing of liners by applying
SPC technique. Retrieved on July 2, 2018 from
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.414.8530&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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Names of Students Kevin T. Panio Section BSA1A

Case Study: Solid Industries

Follow the suggested outline below in answering the case study:

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