Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134855424
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.

  1. What should be the line’s cycle time?
  2. What is the smallest number of workstations Penny could hope for in designing the line considering this cycle time?
  3. Suppose that Penny finds a solution that requires only four stations. What would be the efficiency of this line?

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