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Table 11 Burke Engineering personnel resource analysis indicating numbers
employed in each area their skills level (3 highest, 1 lowest) the cost to the company
and the area that each department occupied in square feet)
Skills
levels
Area sq metres
Cost
1
2
3
Design
Drawing
7
3
2
250
20000
R&D
5
12500
Production
Tool-room
17
10
8
450
70000
Foundry
10
5
5
1000
25000
Machining
80
38
38
3500
170000
Assembly
3
5
5
500
36000
Inspection
2
10
10
250
18000
Maintenance
4
8000
Logistics
Warehouse
10
1
1
12000
20000
Transfer
3
3600
Physical
2
2
4
7000
Administration
Finance
15
3
4
3000
35000
Data process
5
2
1
1500
16000
Secretarial
12
6
2
1800
24000
Marketing
1
3
8500
Canteen
1
1
8
8000
Security
6
1
1
9500
Other
2
2200
Total
164
79
81
81
493300
Notes: 1. The high salaries in marketing reflect the remuneration of the technical
sales engineers.
2. The other category in administration included the staff reporting directly to the
office manager
3. Salaries and costs within the workforce had grown at the rate of 2 per cent above
inflation for each of the last five years.
4. All shop-floor staff were entitled to four weeks paid holiday
5. Managers graded the individuals in their departments into three categories for
pay, with a 30 per cent differential operating between the top and bottom grade.
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