Case Study :

Originally, Yamaha Corporation was founded as a piano and reed organ manufacturer. The company continued to make musical instruments through the late 19th and early 20th centuries until 1953 when the fourth generation president, Genichi Kawakami, decided to branch out into small engines and motorcycles.

amaha has recently introduced the newest member of the Mio scooter range in the form of the Fazzio. This is currently competing with Vespa which is a high end scooter. The Yamaha Fazzio is powered by a fuel-injected 124.8cc single cylinder engine that produces 8.3 horsepower at 6,500 rpm The Mio Fazzio rolls on tubeless tires, touts a Fully Digital Speedometer and Blue Core Hybrid Technology.

Yamaha makes every single part of the Fazzio. At present the company has 30 wheel assembler and tire mounting operators equally divided 3 shifts with 45 min break. The reporting hours will be 6am to 2pm, 2pm to 10pm and 10pm to 6am. Yamaha has 6 workdays in a week and assembles the wheel at the rate of 20 wheels / hour. They also have 15 wheel assembler and tire mounting machine. They consider 4 weeks as one month. The man machine ratio is 1:1.

Q1. How many Yamaha Fazzio can they complete in 1 quarter? ( 5 pts)

Q2. If 6 of the wheel assembler and tire mounting machine will be pulled out for maintenance on the entire Week 3, how much will be the no. of Yamaha Fazziothat will be available? ( 6 pts for the lost and available capacity)

Q3. How many Yamaha Fazzio will be considered lost capacity if all the operators have to attend certification training from 10 am to 8pm for 3 days? ( 9 pts )

Q4. Will you be able to deliver 2,500 of the product in 2 weeks? Justify your answer with data. ( 5pts)

Used this method

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