Cricket Ball Manufacturing

SUBMITTED TO,
PROF. MR. MICHAEL BECKER
 INTRODUCTION
Several fabricating units over the globe that created cricket ball. But, in this consider, I
will conversation almost the Kookaburra Cricket ball producer. The company itself
has involvement of 125 a long time of within the fabricating of the cricket ball. The
kookaburra ball was to begin with utilized in at an worldwide level when the Australian
cricket board chooses white Kookaburra balls for their matches.

• Kookaburra Wear was set up in 1890, could be a 100% Australian family-owned

and worked worldwide trade, exchanging beneath the brand title Kookaburra in both
cricket and hockey universally, with workplaces in Australia (Head Office),
India, Modern Zealand, and the joined together Kingdom.
Kookaburra transcendently offers its items by means of existing retailers, as well as
cricket and hockey balls to Associations and Associations in over 50 nations worldwide.

• For the primary 100 a long time, Kookaburra Wear exchanged as AG Thompson Pty

Ltd, and several of the Thompson family individuals are still effectively included within
the day by day running of the trade.Kookaburra wear utilizes over 150 workers around
the world as the trade proceeds to develop successfully.
 Simple Flow Chart

❖ List of Key Output

1. Weight of the ball ( Change according Men, Women and Youth)

2. Dimension of the Ball (Change According to Men, Women
and Youth)
3. Color of the ball
4. Stitching of the Ball
5. Polish of the ball.

According to the customer, the most preferable key output is the weight and
dimension of the ball. Because, it is varying according to gender. The second most
important thing is the stitching of the ball. While holding the ball stitching provides a
good grip to the bowler.

❖ Part 1:- Cause and Effect Metrix

❖ List of Key Inputs Variables by process steps

Various Stages Key In
 Shortin
g Expertise
Leather in
Shorting
Drying
the Calibration of dryer
Leather (Temperature,
Time)
Store the Storing
leather unit
Temperatu

Threading
Quality
and
strength of

Machining
Machine’s
of ball
Parameter
s
Punching
Die
the leather
size,
Pressur
Windin
g the Experience
Ball d
Craftsmen
Stampin Stamp’s size
g the Ball and dimensions

Polishing
Hitting ball against
of the Ball

Inspection Grade and the

of the Ball quality of the
polish

• SIPOC of cricket ball Manufacturing

Supplier Input Process Output Customer
Leather Raw leather Tanning Good quality Cricket
supplier and of leather associatio
shorting n
of
leather
Cork Mixture of cork Making a Hard Individuals
supplier and wood small out
of the and tough
Cork ball
Equipment Winding Threading Better Cricket
Manufactur machine, and strength and players
er Threading winding grip of
machine the
etc. ball
General store Thread, Wax Stamping Companies’
and stamping and Logo on ball
ink polishing

 Cause and Effect Matrix

  What is the next step if company wants to improve its Quality?
 Well for any company whether it is Duke, Kookaburra, or SG. It is most
important for a company that tests the ball in real-life situations or hands it
over to the baller. while in the case of Cricket ball the company gets feedback
only and only from the baller. Ball also depends on several things such as
leather on the side of the ball, Number of thread lines, size of the ball
whether it fits in the baller's palm or not, and the most important is the pace
of the baller how he or she went use it. And the second most important thing
is who gone use it either pace baller or spinner. In another case, if companies
want to manufacture the inner part of the ball which means a mixture of
cork and wood in this case company must ensure that they receive the best
quality from the supplier.
• Part 2 :- LSS Metrix.

A cricket ball manufacturing company has decided to diversify its

operations and use its knowledge to manufacture softballs for the
North American
Market. They have launched the product but are concerned that the cost of
poor quality is prohibitive, and they wish to reduce scrap and defect rates.

A simplified view of the process is shown:

Affix the Stamping

Prepare
core and and
the
leather Polishing
leather

Prepare core.

The following table contains some of the process information.

Step Units Defects Opps /Unit In Process Dpu RTY
Yield
Wind 1100 91 4 0.9206 0.0827 0.9206
Cores
Prepare 1350 80 7 0.9425 0.0592 0.8676
Leather
Print Logo 1600 256 14 0.8521 0.160 0.7393
Affix 1400 51 4 0.9642 0.0364 0.72128
Cover

 If 50 defectives are found out of 1000 units inspected at

Final Inspection
a. What is the overall DPU?

Defects
Defects per Units = Units

= 50/ 1000
=0.05 DPU

b. What is the RTY of the process?

RTY = IPY1*IPY2*IPY3… IPY

= e−DPU

= e−0.0827
=0.9206
c. What is the DPMO of the process?

DPMO = Defects per unit Opportunity * 1000,000

=DPU / O * 1000,000

= 0.05/29 *1000,000

= 1724 DPMO
 Where in the process should the improvement efforts be focused?

By observing the table, it is evident that, printing a logo has the highest
defect’s ratio. This means that majority of the defects occur while
stamping a logo. First attention was given to stamping process that
could result in defectiveness of the Ball.

• References

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3. https://www.kookaburra.biz/en-au/about/history/