Micromax: Piloting Assembly Operations in India
Prerequisite Conceptual Understanding
Prerequisite Conceptual Understanding (PCU) material is the background material that would aid immensely in mapping the decision areas of this caselet and bring a synthesis amongst the relevant concepts. The participants/students should be encouraged to read this material to benefit from the broader perspectives outlined in the caselet.
- • Richard I. Levin and David S. Rubin, “Chapter 3: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion in Frequency Distributions”, Statistics for Management, 7th Edition, Pearson Education, 2008
Synopsis
This caselet enables an analysis about the process performance during piloting operations at Micromax, an Indian consumer electronics company in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This caselet can be used for teaching the concepts of descriptive statistics. The caselet provides a brief about Micromax and its pilot mobile handset manufacturing in India. The caselet enables a discussion and understanding of descriptive statistics.
Pedagogical Objectives
- • To discuss the implications of the measures of central tendency in decision-making
- • To cognize and discuss the significance of the measures of central tendency and dispersion in statistical quality control
- • To discuss the significance of the measures of skewness and kurtosis in statistical quality control
Assignment Question
- I. Analyze the process performance of Micromax while the company tested its piloting operations.
Teaching Plan
The Teaching Note follows a defined Teaching Plan [Annexure (TN)-I], to assist the faculty in conducting the classroom discussion...........
Exhibits
Exhibit (TN)-I: Skewness
Exhibit (TN)-II: Box Plot
Exhibit (TN)-III: Scatter Plot
Exhibit (TN)-IV: Rearrangement of Data
Exhibit (TN)-V: Descriptive Statistics