A garment tailoring company in Shanghai specializes in four types of shirts, namely formal shirts, polo shirts,
Question:
A garment tailoring company in Shanghai specializes in four types of shirts, namely formal shirts, polo shirts, printed shirts, and T-shirts. The following table shows how long it takes to process each shirt through each required activity. Note that all times are in minutes. The factory is open 8 hours a day, 6 days a week.
If the factory makes only T-shirts during summer to meet high demand, what would be its production capacity? If weekly demand for the four shirts is formal shirt = 20 units, polo shirt = 15 units, printed shirt = 10 units, and T-shirt = 72 units, which activity is the bottleneck, and is it capable of producing all the shirts demanded?
Step by Step Answer:
To determine the production capacity of the factory for Tshirts during the summer and identify the bottleneck activity for the given weekly demand we ...View the full answer
Operations Management Processes And Supply Chains
ISBN: 9781292409863
13th Global Edition
Authors: Lee Krajewski, Naresh Malhotra, Larry Ritzman
