Question: IC - Optical is a small optical services store in which they can fill most prescription orders in around 1 hour. The manager has hired
IC - Optical is a small optical services store in which they can fill most prescription orders in around 1 hour. The manager has hired you as a consultant to analyse their process of their store. Currently each task is assigned one person and a typical retail working day is 9:00 am to 5:30 pm where the optometrist has a 1.5 hour break (for lunch and attend management meetings) and all other employees have a 30 min lunch break. The information for each task is provided below:
| Task | Time (mins/patient) |
|---|---|
| A. Greet and register the patient | 3 |
| B. Optometrist performs eye examination | 20 |
| C. Selects frames and lenses | 15 |
| D. Glasses are made | 60 |
| E. Final fitting of glasses | 5 |
With task D this process can run 6 pairs of glasses at the same time.
The information you need to provide the manager is as follows:
- Draw a process flow diagram showing the capacity of each task. Identify the bottleneck and determine the current maximum output of the process per day (assuming every patient requires glasses). (3 marks)
- If another employee was added to the process, where would be the logical place to add this employee. Give your reasoning. (2 marks) - Limit to 150 words
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