PANCHO's BURRITO

Capacity Analysis

Current Station Assignment

Demand (current peak output) is given as 92 burritos/ hour

Task List

Current Station assignment

Station Time (sec/unit)

Time (in sec; on average)

Design Capacity per station (units/ hr)Total time/Station time

UtilizationActual/Design

Prepare the base

Station 1 or Person 1

36

18

Put the rice

9

S1

S2

S3

S4

Add beans

9

Add protein

Station 2

21

21

Total Task Time

Sour cream and cheese

Station 3

34

22

Veggies

6

Cycle Time

Guacamole

6

Pack

Station 4

28

28

Efficiency

Checkout

Station 5

10

10

Min # of Stations

Load Balancing

a. Given that the first two steps of the process must be setting up the base and adding the rice, and that the last two steps of the process must be packing and then checkout, changes possible are:

(a) Move beans from s1 to s2, and

(b) Move Guacamole to s1 from s3

Task List

Current Station assignment

Station Time (sec/unit)

Time (in sec; on average)

Design Capacity per station (units/ hr)

Utilization

Prepare the base

Station 1 or Person 1

33

18

109

84%

Put the rice

9

33

30

28

28

Guacamole

6

S1

S2

S3

S4

Add protein

Station 2

30

21

120

77%

Add beans

9

Sour cream and cheese

Station 3

28

22

129

72%

Veggies

6

Efficiency

0.659333

Pack

Station 4

28

28

129

72%

Checkout

Station 5

10

10

360

26%

b. Based on Finding Minimum No. of Servers (stations) balance the problem:

(liza)

Task List

Current Station assignment

Station Time (sec/unit)

Time (in sec; on average)

Design Capacity per station (units/ hr)

Utilization

Prepare the base

Station 1 or Person 1

33

18

109

84%

Put the rice

9

33

30

28

38

Guacamole

6

S1

S2

S3

S4

Add protein

Station 2

30

21

120

77%

Add beans

9

Sour cream and cheese

Station 3

28

22

129

72%

Veggies

6

Efficiency

Pack

Station 4

38

28

95

97%

Checkout

10

Improved cycle time

Capacity

burritos/hr