Model Eliciting Activity (MEA) 1

Factory Layout - Grading Criteria

Criteria / Clear, concise, and useful for the client and/or generalizable to similar situations / Requires minor editing/additions/rework to meet the clients needs / Is non-existent or requires redirection or major editing to meet the client's needs
Points / 1 / 0.5 / 0
Individual Contribution (3 points total)
#2 Listed 2 reasons why material should have short transit time
Yes = 2+, Sort of = 1, No = 0 / Yes / Sort of / No
#3 Gave correct aspect ratio of a room that is 21 feet by 7 feet (3:1) / Correct / Incorrect
#4a Extrusion footprint 320 feet by 125 feet: (YES) / Correct / Incorrect
#4b Extrusion footprint 500 feet by 80 feet: (NO, Aspect Ratio high) / Correct / Incorrect
#4c Extrusion footprint 360 feet by 90 feet: (NO, Area not correct ) / Correct / Incorrect
Team Contribution of Completion (2 points total)
Memo is clearly written, understandable, and includes explanation. / Yes / Sort of / No
Travel distance of materials is provided for all products / Yes / Sort of / No
Team Contribution of Quality (5 points total)
The last section is a score from 1-5 based on the QAG RUBRIC / Quality Score
General procedure for factory layout and the explanation of how information was used to come up with this procedure / 4 or 5 / 3 / 1 or 2

Below is a format that the TAs can copy and paste into the comment box: Just cut out the grades for each item that you don't want the students to see. TAs can add additional clarifying comments as needed. Need to keep total character count to 1000 including spaces.

Individual Contribution (3 points total)

Listed 2 reasons why material should have short transit time–Yes Sort of No

Gave correct aspect ratio of a room that is 21 feet by 7 feet (3:1) – Correct Incorrect

Extrusion footprint 320 feet by 125 feet: (YES)– Correct Incorrect

Extrusion footprint 500 feet by 80 feet: (NO, Aspect Ratio high)– Correct Incorrect

Extrusion footprint 360 feet by 90 feet: (NO, Area not correct)– Correct Incorrect

Team Contribution (2 points total)

Memo is clearly written & understandable w/ explanation.- Yes Sort of No

Travel distance of materials is provided for all products- Yes Sort of No

Quality Score (5 points total): 1 2 3 45

Total Score = (# of Yes)*1 + (# of Sort of/Correct)*0.5 + Quality Score

Here is an example of what a graded MEA 2might look like:

Individual Contribution (3 points total)

Listed 2 reasons why material should have short transit time –Yes (Mary and Pete), No (John and Sara)

Gave correct aspect ratio of a room that is 21 feet by 7 feet (ANS: 3:1) – Correct (all team members)

Extrusion footprint 320 feet by 125 feet: (ANS: YES) – Correct (Mary, Pete, and Sara), Incorrect (John)

Extrusion footprint 500 feet by 80 feet: (ANS: NO, Aspect Ratio high) – Correct (all team members)

Extrusion footprint 360 feet by 90 feet (ANS: NO, Area not correct)–Correct (Mary, Sara), Incorrect (John, Pete)

Team Contribution (2 points total)

Memo is clearly written and understandable with explanation.– Yes

Travel distance of materials is provided for all products–Sort of

Quality Score (5 points total): 4(Insert your comments here)

Total Score is 8.5 for Mary (# of Yes = 2, # of Correct/Sort of = 5, # of No/Incorrect = 0, quality score = 4)

Total Score is 8 for Pete(# of Yes = 2, # of Correct/Sort of = 4, # of No/Incorrect = 1, quality score = 4)Total Score is 7.5 for Sara(# of Yes = 1, # of Correct/Sort of = 5, # of No/Incorrect = 1, quality score = 4)

Total Score is 6.5 for John (# of Yes = 1, # of Correct/Sort of = 3, # of No/Incorrect = 3, quality score = 4)