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Question:Rockness Recycling refurbishes rundown business students. The process uses a moving belt, which carries each student through the five steps of the process in sequence. The five steps are as follows:

Step

Description

Time required per student

1

Unpack and place on the belt

1.0 minute

2

Strip off bad habits

1.5 minutes

3

Scrub and clean mind

0.8 minute

4

Insert modern methods

1.0 minute

5

Polish and pack

1.0 minute

One faculty member is assigned to each of these steps. Faculty members work a 40-hour week and rotate jobs each week. Mr. Rockness has been working on a contract from General Eclectic, which requires the delivery of 2,000 refurbished students per week. A representative of the human resources department has just called complaining that the company hasn鈥檛 been receiving the agreed number of students. A check of finished goods inventory by Mr. Rockness reveals that there is no stock left. What is going on?

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In the above question, two things can be calculated and that is the maximum output for each step and the bottleneck step among all of them.

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01

Calculate the maximum output for each part

Step 1: Calculate the maximum output for each part

Maximum Capacity 40hour x 60 minutes = 2400 minutes

Part A: Minute unpack and place on a belt

Time required per student 1.0 minutes

Maximum output = 2400/1.0 = 24, 00 students per week

Part B: Strip off bad habits

Time required per student 1.5 minutes

Maximum output = 2400/1.5 = 16, 00 students per week

Part C: Scrub and clean mind

Time required per student 0.8 minutes

Maximum output = 2400/0.8 = 3,000 students per week

Part D: Inserts modern method

Time required per student 1.0 minute

Maximum output = 2400/1.0 = 24,000 students per week

Part E: Polish and Pack

Time required per student 1.0 minute

Maximum output = 2400/1.0 = 24, 00 students per week

02

Find out the bottleneck step

Step 2: Find out the bottleneck step

Part B of the step has the bottleneck steps.

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