Asked by Austin Deaver on Jul 20, 2024
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A manufacturing work cell has a takt time of 5 minutes and is staffed by 7 workers. If the work cell delivers 61 units each day find
A. The total operation time
B. The amount of time worked during the day for all 10 workers combined
C. If the plant is open for only 5 hours per day, can the staff meet demand?
Takt Time
The rate at which a product must be completed in order to meet customer demand, calculated as the available production time divided by the customer's demand rate.
Operation Time
The total time required to complete a particular operation, including both working and waiting times.
Work Cell
A layout arrangement in manufacturing designed to improve efficiency by grouping together all necessary resources to complete a product or task.
- Compute the duration of operations and evaluate the possibility of fulfilling production requirements within the given working hours.
Verified Answer
B) Time worked = Takt time ∗ Units Delivered ∗ # workers = 5 minutes∗(61)∗7 = 2135 minutes = 35.58 hours
C) 7 workers ∗ 5 hours/day = 35 hours per day are available. From B 58.58 are required, so the workers cannot meet demand.
Learning Objectives
- Compute the duration of operations and evaluate the possibility of fulfilling production requirements within the given working hours.
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