Reference no: EM133105917

Question: Memo or Report Format, Minimum Four Pages plus supporting schedules if required. Times New Roman font of 12, double space on word only.

Light manufactures a variety of high-quality electronic components. Data from the last three months are presented below:

	April	May	June
Direct materials partial productivity	0.75	0.76	0.77
Overtime hours worked	60	65	62
Defect rate	1.00%	0.95%	0.92%
On time delivery	97.0%	97.3%	97.0%
Set up time (average in hours)	5.90	5.85	5.80
Number of machine breakdowns	3	2	2
Downtime (hours)	15.0	11.5	11.0
Number of products returned	5	4	3
Throughput time (hours)	10.0	9.8	9.5

You are the new assistant controller for Light and the controller has asked you to review the performance over the last 3 months and write a summary analysis with your recommendations for follow up or further monitoring. In addition, the controller notes that the company, although it has many detailed performance measures, is considering implementing a balanced scorecard and asks you to identify the measures you think would be most appropriate to include in the balanced scorecard.

Required: Evaluate the performance of Light Electronics over the 3 month period.