A manufacturing work cell has a takt time of 7 minutes. Exactly 10 workers are required. Suppose that the work cell delivers 68 units each day
(a) What is the total operation time?
(b) What is the amount of time worked during the day for all 10 workers combined?
(c) If the plant is open for only 8 hours per day, can the staff meet demand?
(a) Total operation time = Workers required × takt time = 10(7 minutes) = 70 minutes
(b) Time worked = Takt time × Units Delivered × # workers = 7 minutes × (68 ) × 10 =4760 minutes = 79.33 hours
(c) 10 workers × 8 hours/day = 80 hours per day are available. From (b), only 79.33 are required, so the workers can meet demand.
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