Mabbut Company has the following departmental manufacturing layout for one of its plants:
A consulting firm recommended a value stream with the following manufacturing cell:
Required:
1.
Compute the time taken to produce 10 units in case of a traditional manufacturing layout.
Traditional Manufacturing Layout:
In a traditional manufacturing layout, each process is undertaken within a separate department. In this layout large batches are processed, incurring significant wait time and move time.
Computation of time taken by 10 units:
Particulars | Minutes |
Wait time | 12 |
Add: Time taken in cutting department | 50 |
Add: Move and wait time between cutting and welding department | 20 |
Add: Time taken in welding department |
2.
Compute the time saved to produce 10 units in case of a cellular manufacturing layout. Compute the production rate in case of continuous operating. Also, identify the process that controls this production rate.
3.
Re-compute the production rate in case,the welding time is reduced to 6 minutes. Also, compute the time taken by 10 units to complete.
Financial Accounting
College Accounting, Chapters 1-27
Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
Accounting Information Systems
Corporate Financial Accounting
Financial & Managerial Accounting
Financial And Managerial Accounting
Management, Loose-Leaf Version
Accounting Information Systems
Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Economics (MindTap Course List)
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
Fundamentals of Financial Management, Concise Edition (MindTap Course List)
Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)
STATISTICS F/BUSINESS+ECONOMICS-TEXT
Essentials of Economics (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Microeconomics (MindTap Course List)
Contemporary Marketing
Essentials of Business Communication (MindTap Course List)
Foundations of Business (MindTap Course List)
ECON: MICRO4 (New, Engaging Titles from 4LTR Press)
MKTG 12:STUDENT ED.-TEXT
Financial Accounting
Financial & Managerial Accounting
College Accounting (Book Only): A Career Approach
College Accounting, Chapters 1-27 (New in Accounting from Heintz and Parry)
College Accounting (Book Only): A Career Approach
Accounting (Text Only)
Statistics for Business & Economics, Revised (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)
Exploring Economics
Pkg Acc Infor Systems MS VISIO CD
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
Fundamentals of Financial Management, Concise Edition (with Thomson ONE - Business School Edition, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card) (MindTap Course List)
Corporate Financial Accounting
PAYROLL ACCT.,2019 ED.(LL)-TEXT
Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
Practical Management Science
Macroeconomics
Economics For Today
Economics (MindTap Course List)
Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management