Question: 1. (18%) An injection-molding machine is theoretically capable of producing 1,000 units every hour. The company runs two (2) eight (8) hour shifts per day

1. (18%) An injection-molding machine is

1. (18%) An injection-molding machine is theoretically capable of producing 1,000 units every hour. The company runs two (2) eight (8) hour shifts per day (they staff it so there are no breaks). On a particular day the machine recorded downtime of 2 hours (e.g. equipment breakdown, waiting on materials etc.) and produced 12,632 units. Out of the 12,632 units, only 12,000 of the units were deemed good units i.e. shippable). a) (12%) What is the OEE for this machine? b) (6%) Based on your calculated OEE what would you attack first to improve it? Explain both why and how

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