This problem is about Takt Time

*Problem #2. P&G's new Tide Pod (with a blast of Downey Fabric Softener) is a hit for 2020 and customer demand is high! The factory runs this separate line 3 shifts, 8 hours/shift, with 30 minutes for lunch, 10 minutes for 5S, and two 5-minute breaks each shift, 5 days/week. The production line has contracts for total sales of 8,000,000 Tide Pods this year. The plant has one week of summer shutdown and one week of holiday shutdown scheduled this year, which is a 52-week year. a. What is the total available operating time/week (in seconds/week)? b. What is customer demand in pods/week? c. What is the takt time in seconds/pod? d. If production cycle time is 2 seconds/pod, can we meet demand? Explain. e. Ignoring OEE, what percent of the allowable process cycle time (the takt time) is being consumed by the actual production cycle time? f. We implement TPM and find out our OEE for this machine is 0.7; what should the targeted cycle time value be? g. If the cycle time is still 2 seconds/pod with this OEE, can we expect to meet demand? Explain