A) Which step in this process is the bottleneck? =30 min for tan leather B) How many briefcases are processed at the bottleneck workstation per hour?=60/30=2 briefcases per hr C) What is the throughput time of the overall process?=30+15+10+10+10 Throughput = 75 minutes   given the above information please answer qestions 1-3 below.  If the manufacturing facility operates 8 hours per day, 250 days a year, what is the annual capacity of this manufacturing process.  Assume the company decides to hire additional workers in order to duplicate the bottleneck step identified in part a so that there are 3 of these workstations instead of 1. Redraw the diagram showing the flow of the revised process.  Answer parts a through d again based on the new process created in part e?

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A) Which step in this process is the bottleneck? =30 min for tan leather

B) How many briefcases are processed at the bottleneck workstation per hour?=60/30=2 briefcases per hr

C) What is the throughput time of the overall process?=30+15+10+10+10

Throughput = 75 minutes

 

given the above information please answer qestions 1-3 below.

  1.  If the manufacturing facility operates 8 hours per day, 250 days a year, what is the annual capacity of this manufacturing process.
  2.  Assume the company decides to hire additional workers in order to duplicate the bottleneck step identified in part a so that there are 3 of these workstations instead of 1. Redraw the diagram showing the flow of the revised process.
  3.  Answer parts a through d again based on the new process created in part e?

 

 

TanLeather
30min
Dye Leather
15 min
Shape Case
10 min
Mold Hinges and
fxtures
5 min.
Intall Hinges and
Extures
10min
Assemble Case
10min
Transcribed Image Text:TanLeather 30min Dye Leather 15 min Shape Case 10 min Mold Hinges and fxtures 5 min. Intall Hinges and Extures 10min Assemble Case 10min
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