I-B)- A System Availability Case study The RDC Manufacturing company produces 2 types of containers, Type...

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I-B)- A System Availability Case study The RDC Manufacturing company produces 2 types of containers, Type A and Type B, the two products have different routing as shown in Figure 1. The finishing part of the production system is shown below. Burnishing 1 Products A & B Product A Assembly Product B Products A&B Packaging Burnishing 2 Spray Painter Figure 1 Hot Dryer The Company operates 2 shifts/day, 5 days per week for 50 weeks/year. Data collected from the operations during 2016 and 2017 are shown below. The Assembly, Painting, and Dryer operators are paid $20/hr. All other operators are paid $15/hr. Machine downtime cost is about $30 per hour. Assume one operator per machine. Machine Data collected for: # of hours down Assembly Burnishing 1 12 months 85 3 months 42 Burnishing 2 3 months 59 Painting 6 months 64 Drying 6 month 58 Packaging 3 months 46 DETERMINE 1)- Overall availability of the system 2)- The bottleneck operation (The answer could be painting, burnishing system,....) 3). $ loss per year due to loss of availability I-B)- A System Availability Case study The RDC Manufacturing company produces 2 types of containers, Type A and Type B, the two products have different routing as shown in Figure 1. The finishing part of the production system is shown below. Burnishing 1 Products A & B Product A Assembly Product B Products A&B Packaging Burnishing 2 Spray Painter Figure 1 Hot Dryer The Company operates 2 shifts/day, 5 days per week for 50 weeks/year. Data collected from the operations during 2016 and 2017 are shown below. The Assembly, Painting, and Dryer operators are paid $20/hr. All other operators are paid $15/hr. Machine downtime cost is about $30 per hour. Assume one operator per machine. Machine Data collected for: # of hours down Assembly Burnishing 1 12 months 85 3 months 42 Burnishing 2 3 months 59 Painting 6 months 64 Drying 6 month 58 Packaging 3 months 46 DETERMINE 1)- Overall availability of the system 2)- The bottleneck operation (The answer could be painting, burnishing system,....) 3). $ loss per year due to loss of availability