Question: Overall Process Attributes Average demand: 2,700/week (1,500 L; 1,200 S) Batch size: 1,000 Number of shifts per day: 1 Availability: 8 hours per shift with

Overall Process Attributes

Average demand:

2,700/week

(1,500

"L";

1,200

"S")

Batch size: 1,000

Number of shifts per day: 1

Availability: 8 hours per shift with two 30 minute lunch breaks

Process Step 1

Press

Cycle

time=5

secondsSetup

time=2

hours

Uptime=90%

Operators=1

Every Part

Every=1

week

WIP=1

day of sheets (before Press)

Process Step 2

Pierce & Form

Cycle

time=25

secondsSetup

time=30

minutes

Uptime=100%

Operators=1

WIP=1,000

"L",

1,350

"S" (before Pierce & Form)

Process Step 3

Finish Grind

Cycle

time=45

secondsSetup

time=45

minutes

Uptime=100%

Operators=1

WIP=300

"L",

1,550

"S" (before Finish Grind)

Process Step 4

Shipping

WIP=600

"L",

1,300

"S" (after Finish Grind)

Supplier Information

One shipment a day in trays of 60 pieces

Information Flow

All communications from customer are electronic:

180/90/60/30/day Forecasts

Daily Order

All communications to supplier are electronic

4-week Forecast

Weekly Fax

There is a weekly schedule manually delivered to Press, Pierce & Form, and Finish Grind and a Daily Ship Schedule manually delivered to Shipping

All material is pushed

e. What is the new value stream's production lead time?

The production lead time is

______________________________Please answer_

days. (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.)

f. What is the new value stream's processing time?

The processing time is

_______________________

seconds. (Enter your response as a whole number.)

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