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Capacity plan based on 5-day worksheet, operating one shift per day(7.5 working hours per day) develop a detailed capacity plan for each operation in scenario and calculate the number of stations and operators required to produce the weekly requirements for the optimized scenario

Congratulations on the success of your new product! The Home Shopping Channel has placed a recurring order for 15,000 units per week with your company. The product is a wooden cookie stamp cutout having a wooden rod attached The original manufacturing process follows: 1. An operator takes a 12mm thick wooden blank from a pallet, then manually traces and cuts the boxing glove outline using a band saw to create the wooden cutout. a. This operation takes about 4.5 minutes, 2. Another operator, takes long rods (1,500 mm long) from boxes, one at a time. measures them in increments of 200 mm and uses a mounted circular saw, to cut them to 200 mm pieces. The cut rods are placed into boxes (50 pieces/box). The operation involves the following tasks and associated times: a. Taking a wooden rod from box - 30 seconds b. Marking the long rod into 200 mm increments - 90 seconds C. Cutting the long rod into 7 pieces (200 mm rods) and placing them into holding box - 70 seconds d. Discarding remaining (unusable section) - 5 seconds 3. Another operator measures the cutout from the first operation, to find the centre of the pattern, drills a 6mm hole through the centre of the wood using a drill press. The drilled cutout is stored on a pallet (25 units/pallet). a. This operation takes about 1.25 minutes 4. Using glue, another operator attaches a 200mm long wooden rod into the hole of the cutout a The gluing operation is a manual operation and takes 50 seconds b. The assembled unit is then cured, one at a time, at 80C in a heating oven for 10 minutes. It has been determined that 10 minutes are required to adequately cure the glue 5. Quality Inspection Check Before shipping the finished unit, another operator measures each unit to ensure that it is the proper dimensions and that the hole is located correctly. The wooden rod should stand out by 188mm on one side, and be flush on the other. The wooden handle must be inspected carefully for splitting, as this may occur after drying if too much glue has been applied a. The inspection process takes 25 minutes 6. Packaging operation Finally, an operator is required to pack one unit per Carton. Aflattened carton box is removed from a storage bin, which holds 25 cartons. The operator folds the cardboard into a box and places one inspected unit into the box. The top flaps of the box are closed and taped shut. The complete box is set aside on a pallet a The packaging operation takes 30 minutes Congratulations on the success of your new product! The Home Shopping Channel has placed a recurring order for 15,000 units per week with your company. The product is a wooden cookie stamp cutout having a wooden rod attached The original manufacturing process follows: 1. An operator takes a 12mm thick wooden blank from a pallet, then manually traces and cuts the boxing glove outline using a band saw to create the wooden cutout. a. This operation takes about 4.5 minutes, 2. Another operator, takes long rods (1,500 mm long) from boxes, one at a time. measures them in increments of 200 mm and uses a mounted circular saw, to cut them to 200 mm pieces. The cut rods are placed into boxes (50 pieces/box). The operation involves the following tasks and associated times: a. Taking a wooden rod from box - 30 seconds b. Marking the long rod into 200 mm increments - 90 seconds C. Cutting the long rod into 7 pieces (200 mm rods) and placing them into holding box - 70 seconds d. Discarding remaining (unusable section) - 5 seconds 3. Another operator measures the cutout from the first operation, to find the centre of the pattern, drills a 6mm hole through the centre of the wood using a drill press. The drilled cutout is stored on a pallet (25 units/pallet). a. This operation takes about 1.25 minutes 4. Using glue, another operator attaches a 200mm long wooden rod into the hole of the cutout a The gluing operation is a manual operation and takes 50 seconds b. The assembled unit is then cured, one at a time, at 80C in a heating oven for 10 minutes. It has been determined that 10 minutes are required to adequately cure the glue 5. Quality Inspection Check Before shipping the finished unit, another operator measures each unit to ensure that it is the proper dimensions and that the hole is located correctly. The wooden rod should stand out by 188mm on one side, and be flush on the other. The wooden handle must be inspected carefully for splitting, as this may occur after drying if too much glue has been applied a. The inspection process takes 25 minutes 6. Packaging operation Finally, an operator is required to pack one unit per Carton. Aflattened carton box is removed from a storage bin, which holds 25 cartons. The operator folds the cardboard into a box and places one inspected unit into the box. The top flaps of the box are closed and taped shut. The complete box is set aside on a pallet a The packaging operation takes 30 minutes

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