Allegro Industries is planning to change its manufacturing plant by automating and installing a flexible manufacturing system.The company is also changing its performance measures as well as its operating procedures.In an effort to evaluate performance and determine where improvements can be made, management has gathered the following data relating to activities over the last four months:
Many of these measures are new and the president has asked you to interpret the results.Throughput is the time it takes to turn materials into a completed product.Delivery cycle time is the time between receiving an order and shipping the goods.
Required:
Using the performance measures given, do the following:
Definitions:
Share Buy-back
A corporate financial strategy in which a company purchases its own shares from the marketplace, reducing the number of outstanding shares.
Hostile Takeover
An acquisition attempt by a company or individual without the consent or cooperation of the target company's management.
Capital Structure
Refers to the mix of debt and equity that a company uses to finance its operations and growth.
Public Share Issue
The process by which a company offers new shares for sale to the general public for the first time, through an initial public offering (IPO).
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