Estimate the average WIP for this line: WIP: ______________ (b) Compare the performance of this line to the minimum expected performance: THMEP : ______________ CT MEP: ______________

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. Baskin-Robbins (BR) has a line that produces half-gallon ice cream packs. All the stations in
this line are single-machine and the line is nearly balanced. Suppose that BR hired you as the
production manager to evaluate the performance of the line. You have estimated that the
bottleneck rate to be 2,337 packs per 19-hour day and the raw process time to be 30 minutes.
The actual production rate of this line is 1,900 packs per day with the average cycle time of 2.9
hours.
(a) Estimate the average WIP for this line:
WIP: ______________
(b) Compare the performance of this line to the minimum expected performance:
THMEP : ______________ CT MEP: ______________
 

 

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