GOP Inc. chose a new manufacturing process. This process requires the seven steps shown in the map below. According to forecasts by GOP Inc., the market for the product dedicated to this manufacturing process is approximately $372,000/year for a unit selling price of $37.25 per unit.

Establish the most profitable balance for these production steps. Calculate the percentage of efficiency and the percentage of dead time of the balance you have created. Clearly draw the result of your balancing according to the method we saw in class and which is available on Moodle in Excel files. Present the calculations to create the chosen balance. In an Excel file, the calculations are present in the formulas in the cells.

In this process, it is possible to buy machines to satisfy the demand if the capacity of a machine is not sufficient. For example, if a C machine is purchased, the rate of the new group of C machines becomes 5 min./u (10 / 2). If two C machines are purchased, the rate of the new group of C machines becomes 3 1/3 min./u (10 / 3).

Assumption: The operational system of the company operates 50 weeks per year at the rate of 35 hours worked per week.

A B C. D E G 10 u./h 3 u./h 10 min./u. 2 min./u. 15 u./h 5 min./u. 22 u./h