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How
Do You Measure Up?
To
Britain’s Best Factories
Judge
your own performance
against that of the average for UK manufacturing companies,
the
top 25% and the best 10% in class.
How do you
measure up?
Performance
Indices
The
quantitative data has been provided by Cranfield School of
Management and "Management Today" from the UK's
Best Factory Awards over the period 1997-99.
Based on four general manufacturing sectors it allows
you to identify the areas where there are opportunities for
improvement?
Click
here to see the original “Manufacturing Winners”
document, published in 1995 (updated May 1999) which
contains earlier data from the UK's Best Factory Awards over
the period 1994-96 or visit the Management
Today Best Factory Awards web site for details of the
winners.
Sector:
Process
1997 - 1999 Data
|
|
Bottom
10%
|
Bottom
25%
|
Average
*
|
Top
25%
|
Top
10%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivery
reliability (%)
|
86.0
|
90.0
|
96.0
‡
|
98.3
|
99.4
|
|
Ex-stock
availability (%)
|
80.0
|
91.0
|
95.0
‡
|
99.0
|
99.5
|
|
Current
average annual product introduction rate
(new
product/product range)
|
0.04
|
0.2
|
0.4
‡
|
0.8
|
3.2
|
|
Scrap
rate (%)
|
17.6
|
7.5
|
3.0
‡
|
0.7
|
0.1
|
|
Manufacturing
added-value per production employee (£000)
|
17
|
25
|
41
|
47
|
79
|
|
Total
stockturns
|
4
|
6
|
13
|
15
|
24
|
|
Percentage
capacity used for changeovers (%)
|
28.8
|
14
|
9.8
|
2.8
|
2.0
|
|
Average
component set-up time (mins)
|
360
|
150
|
50
‡
|
29
|
13
|
|
Average
assembly set-up time (mins)
|
248
|
163
|
78
‡
|
20
|
10
|
|
Training
on job (days)
Existing employees
New employees
|
1
5
|
2
6
|
5
25
|
9
30
|
10
60
|
|
Annual
absenteeism (%)
|
5.0
|
4.5
|
3.4
|
2.7
|
1.7
|
*
This column contains the mean performance level; however where the ‡
symbol appears the median figure has been given asthe best indicator
of the central tendency.
©
Copyright Professor Colin New & Dr Marek Szwejczewski
Sector:
Engineering
1997 - 1999 Data
|
|
Bottom
10%
|
Bottom
25%
|
Average
*
|
Top
25%
|
Top
10%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivery
reliability (%)
|
70.0
|
85.0
|
94.0
‡
|
98.0
|
99.6
|
|
Ex-stock
availability (%)
|
73.9
|
85.0
|
92.0
‡
|
98.0
|
100.0
|
|
Current
average annual product introduction rate
(new
product/product range)
|
0.02
|
0.07
|
0.5
‡
|
2.6
|
10.0
|
|
Scrap
rate (%)
|
9.6
|
3.0
|
1.2
‡
|
0.6
|
0.2
|
|
Manufacturing
added-value per production employee (£000)
|
17
|
22
|
36
|
40
|
53
|
|
Total
stockturns
|
3
|
5
|
12
|
14
|
22
|
|
Percentage
capacity used for changeovers (%)
|
20.0
|
10.8
|
9.0
|
2.5
|
1.2
|
|
Average
component set-up time (mins)
|
150
|
76
|
30
‡
|
15
|
10
|
|
Average
assembly set-up time (mins)
|
147
|
70
|
30
‡
|
10
|
1
|
|
Training
on job (days)
Existing employees
New
employees
|
1
2
|
2
5
|
5
15
|
6
20
|
10
36
|
|
Annual
absenteeism (%)
|
6
|
4.5
|
3.5
|
2.5
|
1.3
|
*
This column contains the mean performance level; however where the ‡
symbol appears the median figure has been given as the best indicator
of the central tendency.
©
Copyright Professor Colin New & Dr Marek Szwejczewski
Sector:
Electronics &
Electrical
1997 - 1999 Data
|
|
Bottom
10%
|
Bottom
25%
|
Average
*
|
Top
25%
|
Top
10%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivery
reliability (%)
|
66.0
|
75.0
|
93.0
‡
|
97.0
|
99.0
|
|
Ex-stock
availability (%)
|
68.3
|
84.0
|
95.5
‡
|
99.0
|
99.6
|
|
Current
average annual product introduction rate
(new
product/product range)
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
0.7
‡
|
4.4
|
12.7
|
|
Scrap
rate (%)
|
3.0
|
1.3
|
0.8
‡
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
|
Manufacturing
added-value per production employee (£000)
|
16
|
20
|
28
|
33
|
51
|
|
Total
stockturns
|
2
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
15
|
|
Percentage
capacity used for changeovers (%)
|
19.6
|
8.0
|
6.3
|
1.0
|
0.1
|
|
Average
component set-up time (mins)
|
240
|
87
|
30
‡
|
10
|
3
|
|
Average
assembly set-up time (mins)
|
173
|
102
|
54
‡
|
10
|
5
|
|
Training
on job (days)
Existing employees
New
employees
|
1
3
|
2
5
|
6
18
|
7
25
|
12
30
|
|
Annual
absenteeism (%)
|
5.0
|
3.9
|
2.9
|
2.0
|
1.3
|
*
This column contains the mean performance level; however where the ‡
symbol appears the median figure has been given as the best indicator
of the central tendency.
©
Copyright Professor Colin New & Dr Marek Szwejczewski
Sector:
Household &
General
1997 - 1999 Data
|
|
Bottom 10%
|
Bottom
25%
|
Average
*
|
Top
25%
|
Top
10%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivery
reliability (%)
|
90.0
|
95.0
|
98.0
‡
|
99.0
|
100.0
|
|
Ex-stock
availability (%)
|
86.4
|
95.0
|
98.5
‡
|
99.4
|
100.0
|
|
Current
average annual product introduction rate
(new
product/product range)
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
0.7
‡
|
2.3
|
5.2
|
|
Scrap
rate (%)
|
8.2
|
4.9
|
2.2
‡
|
1.0
|
0.2
|
|
Manufacturing
added-value per production employee (£000)
|
15
|
20
|
34
|
42
|
55
|
|
Total
stockturns
|
3
|
6
|
19
|
24
|
42
|
|
Percentage
capacity used for changeovers (%)
|
27.0
|
16.3
|
10.5
|
2.4
|
1.0
|
|
Average
component set-up time (mins)
|
240
|
60
|
30
‡
|
15
|
5
|
|
Average
assembly set-up time (mins)
|
193
|
91
|
40
‡
|
12
|
5
|
|
Training
on job (days)
Existing employees
New
employees
|
1
3
|
2
5
|
8
23
|
10
27
|
15
60
|
|
Annual
absenteeism (%)
|
6.0
|
4.5
|
3.7
|
2.6
|
1.7
|
*
This column contains the mean performance level; however where the ‡
symbol appears the median figure has been given as the best indicator
of the central tendency.
©
Copyright Professor Colin New & Dr Marek Szwejczewski
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