The Company makes TSHIRTS at their facility in chicago and Minnesota. The process involves three departments: Cutting, Stuffing, and Sewing. Eddie Edwards is the Manufacturing Manager for acme She has developed a monthly production plan for the next half year: Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 Planned Production (units) 65,000 72,000 74,000 71,000 80,000 82,000 Jamie has also collected some data about each of the production departments: Department Time required per pillow (hours) Total Production Hours Available (monthly) Cutting .25 24,000 Stuffing .45 34,000 Sewing .85 60,000 Jamie needs to assess the capacity implications that the monthly production plan holds for her facilities. Please answer the following questions concerning her situation. a) Calculate the projected monthly capacity utilization (as a percentage of production hours available) for each of the three departments. b) Which department is of greatest concern for Eddie? Why?. c) Please suggest two ways that Eddie might be able to respond to her capacity concerns.

The Company makes TSHIRTS at their facility in chicago and Minnesota. The process involves three departments: Cutting, Stuffing, and Sewing. Eddie Edwards is the Manufacturing Manager for acme She has developed a monthly production plan for the next half year: Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 Planned Production (units) 65,000 72,000 74,000 71,000 80,000 82,000 Jamie has also collected some data about each of the production departments: Department Time required per pillow (hours) Total Production Hours Available (monthly) Cutting .25 24,000 Stuffing .45 34,000 Sewing .85 60,000 Jamie needs to assess the capacity implications that the monthly production plan holds for her facilities. Please answer the following questions concerning her situation. a) Calculate the projected monthly capacity utilization (as a percentage of production hours available) for each of the three departments. b) Which department is of greatest concern for Eddie? Why?. c) Please suggest two ways that Eddie might be able to respond to her capacity concerns.

Practical Management Science

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ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter4: Linear Programming Models

Section4.8: Data Envelopment Analysis (dea)

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