Question: The space below you will be determining the allocation of work. The process is a sub shop that involves building a sub sandwich, assume one

The space below you will be determining the allocation of work. The process is a sub shop that involves building a sub sandwich, assume one sub per customer. The shop is open 10 hours a day. The typical demand is one customer every 5 minutes which requires 1 worker. The following describes the process:

Process

Time

Preceding process

A) Take order, Select and cut bread

20 sec

None

B) Put on meat, microwave prep

60 sec

A

C) Place condiments

70 sec

B

D) Cut sandwich and Bag product

50 sec

C

E) Bag sandwich, collect funds

30 sec

D

a) Show the layout with a diagram using the letters and list times on diagram. Also determine the time it takes to make a sandwich. During lunch and dinner rush demand increases to one customer every 2 minutes. Now how many workers or work centers do you need? Use your diagram to show activity groupings. (5 pts)

c) Define numerically the minimum and maximum time to make a sandwich assuming all tasks remai constant?

Please draw a diagram for a)

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