Example: Making hot dogs, calculating bottleneck

$2$ grinders

$22,000$ dogs per batch

$5$ minutes to load and grind

$6$ mixers

$22,000$ dogs per batch

$\frac{1}{3}$ hour to mix

$3$ machines

$2,300$ dogs per minute per machine

$17$ inspection stations

Each inspector requires only $\frac{1}{6^{th}}$ of a second to inspect each dog

$8$ peelers

$700$ dogs per minute per peeler

$5$ ovens

Each oven holds $15,000$ dogs

Each dog spends $15$ minutes in process

OPMT$620$: Capacity Planning