Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133872132
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 18P
To meet holiday demand, Penny’s Pie Shop requires a production line that is capable of producing 50 pecan pies per week, while operating only 40 hours per week. There are only four steps required to produce a single pecan pie with respective processing times of 5 minutes, 5 minutes, 45 minutes, and 15 minutes.
- What should be the line’s cycle time?
- What is the smallest number of workstations Penny could hope for in designing the line considering this cycle time?
- Suppose that Penny finds a solution that requires only four stations. What would be the efficiency of this line?
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