05. TAKT time is very helpful when analyzing multistep processes, and a helpfyl tool to make decisions to increase productivity and/or profitability Acme Technologies manufactures ergonomic keyboards and it has received a contract from Bloomberg to replace the keyboards for all its 325,000 terminals in one year The company expects to work 365 days a year on one line-two 8-hour shifts equal the total costs. a. b 65 129 97 44 C. d. 06. The keyboards are made of 1 lb of ABS plastic resins, which needs to be dried before use for two hours. Station 1. is a drier with 200 lbs capacity. Station 2 has one injection molding machine - each with a processing time of 1 minute per keyboard housing Station 3. is an assembly process, with workers inserting the electronic board and the keys in the keyboard housing. This station has 2 workers who can process one keyboard every 30 seconds. Station 4. Is final inspection and packing-with 2 workers packing up to 100 keyboards/hr each Use the table below for question 6 and 7. SHOW YOUR WORK Can the plant meet demand? Output in units/hr Processing time (sec) Takt Time (sec) Slack (sec) Time idle (%) S1 S2 S3 S4 a. YES NO b. 07. a. There seems to be a lot of slack in stations 3 and 4. How many workers can be dismissed? 1 in station 3 and 1 in station 4 1 in station 3 1 in station 4 b. C. d. none