Reference no: EM133188857

Question - There are seven industrial robots in the sub-assembly section of a certain plant that a part has to go through. The setup time on an industrial robots averages 3.5 hours. The average batch size for parts processed through the section is 75. The average operation time is 5.0 minutes, with tool handling time of 2 minutes. Under the shop rules, an operator can be assigned to support 2 industrial robots at a time. Accordingly, there are four operators in the section. In addition to the robot operators, there are 1.5 setup workers who perform machine setups exclusively. These setup workers are kept busy the full shift. The section runs one 7.5-hour shift, 6 days and two shifts per day. However, an average of 20% of the production time is lost due to machine breakdowns. Scrap losses are negligible. The production control manager claims that the capacity of the section should be 3625 pieces per week. However, the actual output averages only 2892 units per week.

Required -

1. Calculate Cycle time and production rate?

2. Recommend a solution.

3. Calculate Utilization.

4. Calculate new Plant capacity.