Tuff-Rider, Inc., makes touring bikes and mountain bikes in a variety of frame sizes, colors, and component
Question:
Tuff-Rider, Inc., makes touring bikes and mountain bikes in a variety of frame sizes, colors, and component combinations. Identical bicycles are produced in batches of 9,090. Projected demand, batch size, and time standards are shown in the following table:
Item Touring Mountain
Demand Forecast 6,000 units/year 10,000 units/year
Lot Size 110 units 90 units
Standard Processing Time 0.30 hour/unit 0.25 hour/unit
Standard Set-Up Time 2 hours/lot 3 hours/lot
The store currently works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year. It operates five workstations, each producing one bicycle in the time shown in the table. The shop maintains a 15 percent capacity buffer. How many workstations will be required next year to meet the expected demand without using overtime and without reducing the company's current capacity?
The number of workstations required next year is _______. ( Enter your answer rounded up to the next whole number .)
Operations Management Processes and Supply Chains
ISBN: 978-0132807395
10th edition
Authors: Lee J. Krajewski, Larry P. Ritzman, Manoj K. Malhotra