1. Propose a production sequence for the three (3) variants that achieves levelled production. NOTE: you are not required to calculate cycle time(s). Simply propose a sequence

Background to Chocolate Delight Chocolate Delight is a producer of chocolate that operates in a stable commodity market, which is subject to multiple national and international food standards. It produces three (3) variants, which are categorised by different shapes and flavours with then similar decoration on each: Variant A (milk chocolate squares) (NOTE: one unit = 100 x 1 kg packets) Variant B (dark chocolate diamonds) 30 units/week 20 units/week 10 units/week Variant C (white chocolate buttons) Chocolate Delight spreads its production across the week, which comprises 5 working days. Its weekly production schedule approximates: Variant A: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday A.M. Variant B: Wednesday P.M. to Thursday P.M Variant C: Friday Chocolate Delight currently works with the business model and currently machinery pictured below in Figure 2. This involves both automated and manual steps to successfully produce the chocolate. There is then a separate process line to spray gold on the chocolate for decoration manually from a specialized operator and separate packing area ready for distribution. Chocolate Delights Problems i. Chocolate Delight orders the raw materials used to produce chocolate to achieve economies of scale. However, the raw materials have a short storage life. If the storage life is exceeded, then the raw materials will spoil through and must be scrapped. ii. 111. Customers for Variant C complain of a long lead time from when their order is placed and received. The tempering process has significant variation, which can result in sending the customer defected chocolate. iv. The gold decoration process is very manual intensive and requires a skilled operator adding to lead time for all variants. Background to Chocolate Delight Chocolate Delight is a producer of chocolate that operates in a stable commodity market, which is subject to multiple national and international food standards. It produces three (3) variants, which are categorised by different shapes and flavours with then similar decoration on each: Variant A (milk chocolate squares) (NOTE: one unit = 100 x 1 kg packets) Variant B (dark chocolate diamonds) 30 units/week 20 units/week 10 units/week Variant C (white chocolate buttons) Chocolate Delight spreads its production across the week, which comprises 5 working days. Its weekly production schedule approximates: Variant A: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday A.M. Variant B: Wednesday P.M. to Thursday P.M Variant C: Friday Chocolate Delight currently works with the business model and currently machinery pictured below in Figure 2. This involves both automated and manual steps to successfully produce the chocolate. There is then a separate process line to spray gold on the chocolate for decoration manually from a specialized operator and separate packing area ready for distribution. Chocolate Delights Problems i. Chocolate Delight orders the raw materials used to produce chocolate to achieve economies of scale. However, the raw materials have a short storage life. If the storage life is exceeded, then the raw materials will spoil through and must be scrapped. ii. 111. Customers for Variant C complain of a long lead time from when their order is placed and received. The tempering process has significant variation, which can result in sending the customer defected chocolate. iv. The gold decoration process is very manual intensive and requires a skilled operator adding to lead time for all variants