Question: Question 7 . If we ignore all orders which come after Stallion Apparel, Kibby & Strand has the following time information ( you can get

Question 7. If we ignore all orders which come after Stallion Apparel, Kibby & Strand has the following time information (you can get this information when you click on the Production button and go into the Station History tab after Week 3).
Week Resource Productive Time Setup Time Setup + Productive Time Total Available Time
1 Cutting 12801012902400
2 Cutting 0002400
3 Cutting 0002400
1 Sewing 10981011082400
2 Sewing 11141011242400
3 Sewing 0002400
1 Packing 0002400
2 Packing 12641012742400
3 Packing 655106652400
Given that idle time is all time that is not productive or setup time, how much is the total idle time for the three resources combined.
Derive the Resource Utilization for each resource shown in table above (i.e. Cutting, Sewing and Packing) for the 3-week period. Ignore the Taffys order (i.e. only use information given in the table above).
Given that there is only 1 person working in each of these resources, what is the average labor utilization for the whole process for the 3-week period. Ignore the Taffys order (i.e. only use information given in the table above).
Given the information in the table above, every production run at each resource requires 10 minutes of setup time. Explain what is setup time.
Provided detailed recommendations how setup time can be possibly reduced. Your answer should include measures discussed in class to reduce setup time

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