Question: Problem 3. D Licious Bakery owned by Plum Kake are famous for their unique line cakes. They currently produce one variety of cake and are

Problem 3. D Licious Bakery owned by Plum Kake are famous for their unique line cakes. They currently produce one variety of cake and are the toast of the town. The process of making cakes is relatively simple as depicted in the figure below. Cakes are sold at $10 each. Kake was a TOM major at Cal Poly Pomona and knew the virtues of bottleneck pacing. He ensured that this concept was implemented in his shop.

Operations

Making Dough

Filling

Baking

Frosting

Package/Sell

Task Time

15 min

18 min

Oven 1: 40 min

Oven 2: 60 min

12 min

9 min

Resources

Sienna

Mr. Kake

Ovens

Joshua

Nicole

Question 1. What is the cycle time (in minutes) of this cake making process? (ONLY enter number)

Question 2. What is the capacity (in term of cakes per hour) for this process? (ONLY enter number)

Question 3. What is the utilization for making dough? (ONLY enter exact number round to 3 decimal places, for example, enter 0.855 for 85.52%)

Question 4. What is the utilization for filling? (ONLY enter exact number round to 3 decimal places, for example, enter 0.855 for 85.52%)

Question 5. What is the utilization for Frosting? (ONLY enter exact number round to 3 decimal places, for example, enter 0.855 for 85.52%)

Question 6. What is the utilization for packaging? (ONLY enter exact number round to 3 decimal places, for example, enter 0.855 for 85.52%)

Question 7. What is the utilization for oven 1? (ONLY enter exact number round to 3 decimal places, for example, enter 0.855 for 85.52%)

Question 8. What is the utilization for oven 2? (ONLY enter exact number round to 3 decimal places, for example, enter 0.855 for 85.52%)

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