Question: Please answer this with step by step solution: a ) Calculate the takt time ( in seconds ) . b ) Calculate the production lead

Please answer this with step by step solution: a) Calculate the takt time (in seconds). b) Calculate the production lead time for the process. DATA SET TastyJuice Co. produces multiple types of juices for their customer DistribJuice, which is a juice distribution company. This case concerns one type of juice: A mixed fruit juice called DeliciousDrink. CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS: 25,000 bottles of juice per month Customer plant operates on two shifts Bottles are sent to DistribJuice in crates that hold 50 bottles/crate. Multiple cranes are sent to the customers. Bi - weekly shipment to DistribJuice by truck (once every two weeks) WORK TIME: 24 days in a month Two shift operation in all production departments Eight (8) hours every shift. Three 10 minute breaks during each shift Lunch time of 30 min Manual processes stop during breaks. PRODUCTION PROCESSES: - Tasty Juice's process for this product family involves 5 steps: preparing ingredients for mixing, mixing, making juice, bottling, and sealing. After sealing the bottles are shipped to DistribJuice on a bi- weekly basis. The ingredients are supplied by JuiceSupply Co.- Deliveries from JuiceSupply are made to Tasty Juice on Wednesdays. TASTYJUICE PRODUCTION CONTROL DEPARTMENT: TastyJuice receives DistribJuice's 180/90/30- day forecasts and enters them to MRP Tasty Juice issues 4 week forecasts to JuiceSupply -weekly build schedules to Preparation, Mixing, Making Juice, Bottling and Sealing
processes - TastyJuice issues bi - weekly shipping schedule to Shipping Department
PROCESS INFORMATION: All processes occur in the following order and each item goes through all processes. 1) PREPARATION FOR MIXING Manual process with one operator
- Cycle Time: 40 seconds Changeover time: 1 hour Uptime: 100% Observed
Inventory: 7 days of materials before preparation station. Observed inventory: 1000 units (Inventory after Prep for Mixing but before Mixing. Observed inventory is given for the inventory that immediate follows the workstation (and before the next workstation) unless otherwise noted 2) MIXING Automated process done with 1000- ton mixer. Cycle lime:
10 seconds Changeover time: 30 minutes Uptime: 100% Observed Inventory: 2000
units13) JUICE MAKER Automated process done with 1000- ton juice maker. - Cycle
lime: 20 seconds Changeover time: 20 minutes Uptime: 100% Observed Inventory:
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3200 units 4) BOTTLING Automated process done with bottling machine - Cycle lime:
60 seconds Changeover time: 60 minutes Uptime: 100% Observed Inventory: 800
units 5) SEALING Manual process with one operator Cycle Time: 15 seconds
Changeover time: 10 minutes Uptime: 100% Observed Inventory: 2500 units 6)
SHIPPING DEPARTMENT Removes parts from finished goods warehouse and stages them for truck shipment to customer. 1 This machine holds mixed liquid, but rather than reporting volume of liquid, we have info on how many units of inventory that

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