This problem is about Takt Time.

"Problem #1. Proctor and Gamble has an experimental Tide Pod detergent production cell (detergent mixing machine and pod packing equipment) that runs two shifts, five days per week in its Lima, Ohio location. The production line is currently dedicated to plain detergent to avoid contamination, and therefore requires no setups. Customer demand is currently 145,000 pods/week. A shift is 9 hours, with each shift having a 30-minute paid lunch, 15 minutes/day for breaks, and 10 minutes/day for 5S activities and team meetings. Pods are sold in buckets of 20. For parts a-d, assume that the detergent-mixing machine and the pod packing equipment have the same process cycle times. a. How much total available operating time is there per day? b. What is customer demand/day in both PODS and BUCKETS? c. What is the takt time in seconds/bucket for the Tide Pod machine? d. What is the takt time in seconds/pod for the detergent-mixing cell? e. After a safety upgrade, the equipment which packages the pods into buckets (the "pod packer" machine) has a total cycle time of 45 seconds/bucket. How many pod packer machines are needed to keep up with demand? f. List at least three strategies you could use to meet the production needs for pod packing given the new situation BESIDES buying a new machine