Question: Answer this questions ( show steps please ) 1 ) Calculate the takt time ( in seconds ) . Formula: Daily availability / daily demand

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1) Calculate the takt time (in seconds).
Formula: Daily availability/daily demand
2) Calculate the production lead time for the process.
Formula: inventory/daily demand
CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS:
-25,000 bottles of juice per month
- Customer plant operates on two shifts
- Bottles are sent to DistribJuice in crates that hold 50 bottles/crate. Multiple cranes are sent to the customers.
- Bi-weekly shipment to DistribJuice by truck (once every two weeks)
WORK TIME:
-24 days in a month
- Two shift operation in all production departments
- Eight (8) hours every shift.
- Three 10-minute breaks during each shift
- Lunch time of 30 min
- Manual processes stop during breaks.
PRODUCTION PROCESSES:
- TastyJuice's process for this product family involves 5 steps: preparing ingredients for mixing, mixing, making
juice, bottling, and sealing. After sealing the bottles are shipped to DistribJuice on a bi-weekly basis.
- The ingredients are supplied by JuiceSupply Co.
- Deliveries from JuiceSupply are made to TastyJuice on Wednesdays.
TASTYJUICE PRODUCTION CONTROL DEPARTMENT:
- TastyJuice receives DistribJuices 180/90/30-day forecasts and enters them to MRP
- TastyJuice issues 4-week forecasts to JuiceSupply Co. via MRP
- TastyJuice Secures ingredients by weekly order placed automatically through their ERP
- TastyJuice receives daily firm order from DistribJuice
- Tastyjuice issues weekly build schedules to Preparation, Mixing, Making Juice, Bottling and Sealing processes
- TastyJuice issues bi-weekly shipping schedule to Shipping Department
PROCESS INFORMATION:
All processes occur in the following order and each item goes through all processes.
1) PREPARATION FOR MIXING
- Manual process with one operator
- Cycle Time: 40 seconds
- Changeover time: 1 hour
- Uptime: 100%
- Observed Inventory: 7 days of materials before preparation station.
- Observed inventory: 1000 units (Inventory after Prep for Mixing but before Mixing. Observed inventory is given
for the inventory that immediate follows the workstation (and before the next workstation) unless otherwise
noted
2) MIXING
- Automated process done with 1000-ton mixer.
- Cycle lime: 10 seconds
- Changeover time: 30 minutes
- Uptime: 100%
- Observed Inventory: 2000 units1
3) JUICE MAKER
- Automated process done with 1000-ton juice maker.
- Cycle lime: 20 seconds
- Changeover time: 20 minutes
- Uptime: 100%
- Observed Inventory: 3200 units
4) BOTTLING
- Automated process done with bottling machine
- Cycle lime: 60 seconds
- Changeover time: 60 minutes
- Uptime: 100%
- Observed Inventory: 800 units
5) SEALING
- Manual process with one operator
- Cycle Time: 15 seconds
- Changeover time: 10 minutes
- Uptime: 100%
- Observed Inventory: 2500 units
6) SHIPPING DEPARTMENT
Removes parts from finished goods warehouse and stages them for truck shipment to customer.

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