In a manufacturing plant a work center is a specific production facility that consists of one or more people and or machines and is treated as one unit for the purposes of capacity requirements for planning and job scheduling. If jobs arrive at a work center faster than they depart the work center impedes overall productions and is referred to as a bottleneck. The data below was collected by a plant manager for use in investigating a potential bottleneck work center. Construct a histogram for each data set. Do your histograms suggest that the work center may be a bottleneck? Explain. Number of Items Arriving at Work Center per Hour: 155 115 156 150 159 163 172 143 159 166 148 175 151 161 138 148 129 135 140 152 139 Number of Items Departing Work Center per Hour: 156 109 127 148 135 119 140 127 115 122 99 106 171 123 135 125 107 152 111 137 161
In a manufacturing plant a work center is a specific production facility that consists of one or more people and or machines and is treated as one unit for the purposes of capacity requirements for planning and job scheduling. If jobs arrive at a work center faster than they depart the work center impedes overall productions and is referred to as a bottleneck. The data below was collected by a plant manager for use in investigating a potential bottleneck work center. Construct a histogram for each data set. Do your histograms suggest that the work center may be a bottleneck? Explain. Number of Items Arriving at Work Center per Hour: 155 115 156 150 159 163 172 143 159 166 148 175 151 161 138 148 129 135 140 152 139 Number of Items Departing Work Center per Hour: 156 109 127 148 135 119 140 127 115 122 99 106 171 123 135 125 107 152 111 137 161
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