Question: The seven station work cell at Pullman Mfg. Inc. is illustrated below. The plant runs 3, 8 hour shifts, 5 days per week. The weekly

The seven station work cell at Pullman Mfg. Inc.

The seven station work cell at Pullman Mfg. Inc. is illustrated below. The plant runs 3, 8 hour shifts, 5 days per week. The weekly demand is 15,800 per week, shift losses amount to 100 minutes (including lunch, breaks and downtime), predictable down time amounts to 65 minutes (lunches and breaks). The customer negotiated a 25% cushion and the expected scrap is 3% (97% yield). Station 1 28 secs Stations 11 secs Station 4 12 secs. Station 6 13 secs. Station 7 13 secs Station 1 28 secs Station 3 18 secs Station 2 15 secs If the image doesn't open, please click "here". Complete the following: 1. What is the TAKT time based on the demand? 2. What is the bottleneck operation for this process? 3. Calculate the effective hourly capacity of this process. 4. If the line averages 18000 per week, what is the capacity efficiency

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