Reference no: EM133613147

Question: if 8 hour shift, 7 days a week with 3 to 4 employees, sold an average of 1100 dozen doughnuts per day stage 1: batching: took 2 mins to place ingredients in bowl size ranging from 2lb to over 20lb. each doughnut required 2oz of dough. stage 2: mixing: mixing process took 2.5 mins turned off automatically and store had 2 mixers. stage 3: production: extruding- the machine used 3 cutters at a rate of 18 extrusions per min. the machine made at a rate of 54 doughnuts per min. the set up took approximately 1.5 min frying - 90 sec glazing- 45 sec stage 4: customizing two doughnuts every 3.5 sec. the problem: noticed he was unable to make enough doughnuts to meet demand. he needs to fin a way to increase his capacity. one change can be to increase the batch size. the staff suggested there might be a way to keep the current bach and instead focus on improving some of the more manual steps or the extruder be modified to operate 6 cutters and increase the rate at which doughnuts could be extruded. Flow Diagram of proposed new process (if modified).

Alternatives - what might be improved (done) to resolve the root cause?

What is the potential improvement that might be achieved by each alternative (e.g., what the capacity of each alternative is)?

What is the best option? Demonstrate (calculate) that your suggested solution will resolve the problem (e.g., calculate the resulting capacity).

What is the cost of the alternative/s? How would the improved operations translate to higher revenues and profits?