Manufacturing

Stage of Development Production method Advantages and Disadvantages

Production Assessment First year capacity utilization Four year production projections

Quality Management Quality control standards Establishing efficient quality control

Manufacturing

Batch 1: Form and finish desktop/portable designs

Our method of production is batch production. Batch production will allow modifications to be made to products that are otherwise the same.

Batch 2: Assemble base components

Batch 3: Form and finish desktop/portable designs

Batch 4: Assemble keyboard for the appropriate design

Batch 5: Load all fundamental software

Batch 6: Test computing power

Batch 7: Check networking and internet capabilities

Batch 8: Ready to package and ship first batch

Quality control is applied at

every stage

PRODUCTION METHOD

Manufacturing

Batch Production Advantages:

Employees will become more expert at their tasks Better quality products due to employee familiarity Batch can adapt to customer needs

Disadvantages: Difficult to modify a batch in production Switching batch mid-production = loss in output Increase in “work in progress” stock

Manufacturing

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By the 4th Quarter ApexMC optimized its production capacity

Production Growth

Apex MC prides itself on adapting to the market and

basing decisions on real numbers. The chart represents growth and adapting decisions to

market outlook.

Manufacturing

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Current Year

In the 16th quarter we project the

quantity demanded to more than

double. The result would be an

operating capacity just over 12,000 units. This would equate to 83%

operating capacity utilization.

4 Years (16th Qtr) Projection

Manufacturing

Quality Control: The following procedures will be applied to each batch:

Quality assurance: P.D.C.A or Shewhart Cycle

Stress Test Statistical Process Control