NEED TO ANSWER E, F

Abe is typically scheduled to operate 4 machines at his workstation for 8 hours per day, 5 days per week. During every 8 hours of scheduled work, Abe takes 45 minutes of break. He must perform 20 minutes of maintenance on each machine (separately) during every 8 hours of scheduled work. Abe is unable process work while he is performing maintenance.

a. What is the workstation utilization?

b. Given an efficiency of 90%, what is the typical weekly capacity (in minutes)?

c. Abes company is making some changes to the maintenance schedule. The changes will result in a new weekly capacity of 6000 minutes when Abe is scheduled for a 40-hour work week. If efficiency remains at 90%, what is the new workstation utilization?

d. The following jobs are to be done at the workstation next week (times are in minutes). Given the new weekly capacity of 6000 minutes, what is the load% for next week?

Job	# Units	Setup Time	Run Time/Unit
A	840	25	3
B	152	50	6
C	525	60	4

e. Abe earns $20/hr up to 40 hours/week and then earns $30/hr for each hour beyond 40 hours (overtime pay). If Abe is scheduled to complete the entire weeks work himself, how much will he be paid given the new workstation utilization? Note: the capacity will change. Use the new utilization you found in part c.

f. How many hours does Abe need to be scheduled to work next week, if the company wants to have a 5% cushion at the workstation? Note: use the new utilization you found in part c.