Function

Receiving Putaway Picking Material Handling Shipping

Capacity$/$worker

$65$ orders$/$day $45$ orders$/$day $22$ orders$/$day $1,500$ orders$/$day $50$ orders$/$day

Number of workers

$23513$

Determine the total capacity of each function. What is the capacity of the entire system $($i$.$e$.$ of the DC$),$ in orders$/$day$?$

Which function is the bottleneck?

What capacity should the functions that are upstream of the bottleneck run at$?$ Why?

From your answer in Q$3,$ what will be the utilization of each function?

How does the introduction of variability affect your answer to Question $3?$

How can the capacity of the DC be increased? What will determine the new capacity after the change?