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(a)You've just been employed as a quality engineer by DITAutomotive Inc

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(a)You've just been employed as a quality engineer by DITAutomotive Inc., manufacturers of Automotive parts. You have been assigned to the paint shop and your primary function is to support the corporate cost reduction programme. Table 4.0 details the defects by defect type for the past four quarters which you have gathered from the Quality database. Totals Quarter 1 44 10 138 Quarter 3 12 4 Quarter 4 32 207 145 Defect Description Orange Peel Scratch Dirt In Paint Thin Paint Sag Sealer Under Off-Colour Totals Quarter 2 32 0 159 17 76 6 16 296 38 6 5 252 6 38 17 6 290 57 11 3 271 1109 Table 4.0: Defect Count by Defect Type (i) Using the total dataset available for the last four quarters, manually construct and fully label al pareto chart to present at the next meeting of the cost reduction programme team. (5 marks) What are your key insights and recommendation from analysis of this pareto chart: (3 marks) (iii) The financial controller asked to attend the cost reduction programme meeting. After your presentation, she handed out a page with the cost to fix each of the offending defoet types. This data is outlined in Table 4.1. What changes, if any, does this new information require that you make to your recommendations outlined in part (ii) (4 marks) Part Description Orange Peel Scratch Dirt In Paint Thin Paint Sag Sealer Under Off-Colour Standard Cost (€) 150 40 10 50 100 75 50 Table 4.1: Financial Controller's Standard Costs