Signature Assignment # 3: Case Study Essay:

Case Context:

As a monitoring and control consultant and specialist, you have been asked to help analyze a company’s performance in three different areas. The company, Hi-Pro Performance Fly Rods produces high-end fishing rods for discriminating customers. These fishing rods are manufactured and sold in three primary markets: The United States, Argentina, and New Zealand.

In the US market, at month 18 the manufacturing process is producing at 126% of the acceptable upper limit of performance. In Argentina, at month 18 the manufacturing process is producing at 33% of the acceptable lower limit of performance. In New Zealand, at month 18 the manufacturing process is producing at 110% of the acceptable lower limit.

As the monitoring and control consultant and specialist to this company, you are to analyze what needs to be changed in each of the three manufacturing process scenarios. You must make specific recommendations to the executive team that will respond to each of the three trends or variance levels at each manufacturing center location.