Question: It is the case of a USA based export-oriented Gym Machine Manufacturer company. They manufacture 3 types of Exercise Machines. Exercise Machine EXM 101; EXM

It is the case of a USA based export-oriented Gym Machine Manufacturer company. They manufacture 3 types of Exercise Machines. Exercise Machine EXM 101; EXM 102, and EXM 103. They export the machines through three agents mainly to EUROPE and a small % to AUSTRALIA. For easy understanding consider following:

Products Total Demand/per quarter (3 months) Month Information Hours worked Allowable breaks Machine efficiency
EXM101 11,500 6.0 days allocated for this product Two 8 hour shifts/day 30 minute paid lunch break per shift 90%

The factory has 4 production lines for producing three types of components. Production Line 1: Stainless Steel Sheet Metal Components; Line 2: Fabrication of Main Frame items with Stainless steel angles and Plates; Line 3. Steel Casting, machining and fabrication other accessories; Line 4 is basically assembly line for assembling the products 1,2, and 3

a) Compute Takt time

b) Prepare Current State Value Stream Map

c) Show Time line for current state map

d) Inventory Triangles and Inventory in Time scale in the time lines

e) Analyze Current State Metrics (Total Lead time, Total Value added time, Overall Scrap rate %, Overall Manpower %, VAT)

f) Prepare kaizen step-based improvement plan map

g) Future State map with time line, inventory triangles, total Lead time, value added time, and analysis of metrics

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