Question: Process Step Processing Time ( Minutes per Batch ) Mixing 1 5 Forming 1 0 Baking 1 2 Cooling 1 8 Packing 1 0 Round

Process Step Processing Time (Minutes per Batch)
Mixing 15
Forming 10
Baking 12
Cooling 18
Packing 10
Round "Flow rate" to 2 decimal places. Round "Utilization rate" to a whole percent.
a. What is the capacity of the baking process step (in batches per hour)?5 batches per hour
b. What is the bottleneck of the manufacturing process? Cooling
c. Assuming unlimited demand, what is the process flow rate (in batches per hour)?3.33 batches per hour
d. Assuming unlimited demand, what is the utilization of the mixing process step? 83 percent
e. If demand is 3 per hour, what is the utilization of the packing step? percent
f. If demand is 3 per hour, what is the cycle time (minutes) of the process? minutes
e. If the manufacturing process is currently full of work-in-process inventory, how long would it take to complete 50 batches of biscuits? hours to complete 50 batches

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