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MGT375 Professor Ricono November 4 th , 2021 Unit 3 Chapter Homework Toshiba’s Notebook Computer Assembly Line 1. The assembly line operates for 7.5 hours a day, and the longest workstation is 120 seconds. Therefore, we can use the formula Capacity = Production time/ longest workstation time. Therefore, the plant can produce 225 computers per day. 7.5 120 Seconds 7.5*60*60 120 27000 120 = 225 2. To find the labor efficiency, we must first add up the time it takes on the production line. We get 583 seconds. Longest workstation times the number of workstations. Then plug into formula. The labor efficacy is 80.97% for the assembly line. 583 = 80.97% 6(210) 3. 7.5*60*60 = 108 seconds 250 Therefore, the workstations need to average 108 seconds per unit for the assembly line to produce 250 units per day with no overtime. The only station that is not under the 108 seconds per unit time is station 6. To negate this, I would put the keyboard test into position 10 and add an extra worker. If an extra workstation was added here this the solution to the efficiency issue. 583 = 77.12% 7(108)

4. If the company wants to produce 300 units a day with overtime. The company would need to use 2.5 hours of overtime. The line would need a total work time of 9 hours per day. 300*120 = 36000 36000-27000 = 9000 9000 7.5*60*60= 2.5 Hours of overtime 5. For the company to produce 300 units per day without using any overtime, each workstation must take 90 seconds or below. 7.5*60*60 = 27000 27000 = 300 units 90 seconds To restructure the assembly line, I would add 3 employees and utilize 9 workstations to cut each workstation time down to less than 90 seconds. This would allow the firm to produce 300 units per day without using overtime. 6. Some of the issues the manager should consider when bringing the assembly line up to speed is that it will likely take adjustments to get the assembly line to operate efficiently. Additionally, staffing and employee production is the key to having a functioning assembly line. If the surveyors who supervise the employees are helpful at stepping in when employees are struggling, they will have greater production. The manager must also understand how to fix malfunctions in machinery and work around certain issues that may slow down the assembly line. Chapter 7 Discussion Question #5 a. Dental Office A dental office has a lot of high contact operations such as the dentists, receptionists, dental hygienists, and X-Ray technicians. All these positions require lots of contact with patients to provide service and schedule appointments. The labs where tests are run are virtually low contact.

b. An airline The high contact positions within an airline include reservation desks, flight attendants, and airline crew. The low contact positions include the tower operations, baggage crew, and airline maintenance. c. Accounting Office An accounting office is high contact in its receptionists and CPA’s. The low contact positions are the records office, and library where workers do not come in much contact with customers. d. Automobile agency In an automobile agency the high contact positions are the salesman, assistants, and other people who work in the front office of dealerships. The positions in maintenance and records are low contact positions. e. Amazon.com The customer service and human resource positions in amazon are high contact positions. The factory workers who package the shipments and delivery drivers are the low contact positions

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