Weekly production requirements of a product are 1000 items. The cycle time of producing one product on a machine is 10 minutes. The factory works on two shift

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Weekly production requirements of a
product are 1000 items. The cycle time of
producing one product on a machine is 10
minutes. The factory works on two shift
basis in which total available time is 16
hours. Out of the available time about 25%
is expected to be wasted on break downs,
material unavailability and quality related
problems. The factory works for 5 days in a
week. How many machines are required to
fulfill the production requirements?
Transcribed Image Text:Weekly production requirements of a product are 1000 items. The cycle time of producing one product on a machine is 10 minutes. The factory works on two shift basis in which total available time is 16 hours. Out of the available time about 25% is expected to be wasted on break downs, material unavailability and quality related problems. The factory works for 5 days in a week. How many machines are required to fulfill the production requirements?
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