The manager at Ormonde, Inc. collected the value stream mapping data from the plant€™s most problematic manufacturing cell that fabricates parts for washing machines. This data is shown in Table. Using this data, calculate the current state performance of the cell and answer the following questions.

a. What is the cell€™s current inventory level?
b. What is the takt time for this manufacturing cell?
c. What is the production lead time at each process in the manufacturing cell?
d. What is the total processing time of this manufacturing cell?
e. What is the capacity of this manufacturingcell?

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Average demand: 550/day Batch size: 20 Number of shifts per day: 3 Availability: 8 hours per shift with a 45-minute lunch break Cutting Overall Process Attributes Process Step 1 Cycle time 120 seconds Setup time 3 minutes Up time-100% Operators = 1 WIP-400 units (Before Cutting) Cycle time -250 seconds Setup time 5 minutes Up time-99% Operators 2 WIP 500 units (Before Bending) Cycle time 140 seconds Setup time none Up time-100% Operators 1 WIP 200 units (Before Punching) WP = 1,000 units (After Punching) Process Step 2 Bending Process Step 3 Punching Customer Shipments One shipment of 2,750 units each week All communications with customer are electronic There is a weekly order release to Cutting All material is pushed Information Flow