4) Capacity Requirements Planning   Abe is typically scheduled to operate 4 machines at his workstation for 8 hours per day, 5 days per week. During every 8 hours of scheduled work, Abe takes 45 minutes of break. He must perform 20 minutes of maintenance on each machine (separately) during every 8 hours of scheduled work. Abe is unable process work while he is performing maintenance.   Abe’s company is making some changes to the maintenance schedule. The changes will result in a new weekly capacity of 6000 minutes when Abe is scheduled for a 40-hour work week.     If efficiency remains at 90%, what is the new workstation utilization?

Practical Management Science
6th Edition
ISBN:9781337406659
Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 20P: Julie James is opening a lemonade stand. She believes the fixed cost per week of running the stand...
icon
Related questions
icon
Concept explainers
Topic Video
Question

4) Capacity Requirements Planning

 

Abe is typically scheduled to operate 4 machines at his workstation for 8 hours per day, 5 days per week. During every 8 hours of scheduled work, Abe takes 45 minutes of break. He must perform 20 minutes of maintenance on each machine (separately) during every 8 hours of scheduled work. Abe is unable process work while he is performing maintenance.

 

Abe’s company is making some changes to the maintenance schedule. The changes will result in a new weekly capacity of 6000 minutes when Abe is scheduled for a 40-hour work week.

 

 

  1. If efficiency remains at 90%, what is the new workstation utilization?
  2. Abe earns $20/hr up to 40 hours/week and then earns $30/hr for each hour beyond 40 hours (overtime pay). If Abe is scheduled to complete the entire week’s work himself, how much will he be paid given the new workstation utilization? Note: the capacity will change. Use the new utilization you found in part 1.
Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps with 1 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Inventory management
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, operations-management and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Practical Management Science
Practical Management Science
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781337406659
Author:
WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Operations Management
Operations Management
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781259667473
Author:
William J Stevenson
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781259666100
Author:
F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Business in Action
Business in Action
Operations Management
ISBN:
9780135198100
Author:
BOVEE
Publisher:
PEARSON CO
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781285869681
Author:
Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi…
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi…
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781478623069
Author:
Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher:
Waveland Press, Inc.