School Dayz Binders manufactures 3-ring binders targeted at the high school market. Orders for 47,000 binders were received during July, with deliveries scheduled evenly throughout the month of August. Binders are produced simultaneously in 5 manufacturing cells. Time available for production in each cell is 7.5 hours per day for 22 days during July. 

Required:

A. Calculate the takt time.

B. At the end of the first hour of a day’s production, one cell had completed 50 good binders, including 10 binders that were reworked.

1. Calculate the day-by-the-hour results and the variance.

2. Calculate the first time through (FTT) rate.