OM (with OM Online, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781305664791
Author: David Alan Collier, James R. Evans
Publisher: Cengage Learning
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Videos
Question
Chapter 7, Problem 6PA
Summary Introduction
Interpretation:Labor utilization rate needs to be measured using the given information with the help of utilization formula.
Concept Introduction: Resource utilization is an important analytic to measure the capacity of the system. Utilization refers to the ratio of resources used to resource available.
Expert Solution & Answer
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solution
Students have asked these similar questions
A company is designing a product layout for a new product. It plans to use this production line eight hours a day in order to meet projected demand of 480 units per day. The tasks necessary to produce this product are:
Task
Time(secs)
ImmediatePredecessor
u
30
none
v
30
u
w
6
u
x
12
w
y
54
x
z
30
v,y
If the company wants the output rate to be equal to demand, what is the last task performed at the second workstation if tasks are assigned in order of the most following tasks?
Geoffrey owns a small shop that sells cups of frozen yogurt in the university. Geoffrey owns three frozen-yogurt machines. His other inputs are refrigerators, frozen-yogurt mix, cups, sprinkle toppings, and, of course, workers. He estimates that his daily production function when he varies the number of workers employed (and at the same time, of course, yogurt mix, cups, and so on) is as shown in the accompanying table. i What are the fixed inputs and variable inputs in the production of cups of frozen yogurt? ii. Draw the total product curve for Geoffrey’s yoghurt shop iii. Compute the marginal product for Geoffrey’s workers
Man Hours:
projected: 40 hours
Current: 44 hours
Rate: $28 per hour
How to solve the Projected Budget? the diagram  is in the picture
Chapter 7 Solutions
OM (with OM Online, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card)
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, operations-management and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- Please do not give solution in image formate thanku Some of your constraints have slack. What does that mean? Select one: A. Slack indicates how much one additional unit of the resource is worth. B. If more of the resource were available, then profit could increase. C. There is more of the resource than is needed for the best solution. D. Slack indicates the total number of hours.arrow_forwardHRD System at PT. Angin Ribut wants to add a sub system to handle employee leave and overtime. The leave allowance provided by PT Angin Ribut is 12 days per year, however each year it will increase by 1 day until the maximum leave allowance reaches 20 days. Leave can be taken per half day. More than three hours will count as half a day. Overtime process is similar to leave, can be taken per half day. Every time an employee applies for leave, he must get approval from his immediate supervisor. If approved, the annual leave allowance will be reduced according to the number of days on the leave request. For each agreement on overtime, the employee's leave allowance will increase according to the number of overtime days in the employee's request. An administrator is responsible for granting leave per year. The leave allowance will be forfeited if it is not used until March of the following year, except with the approval of the President Director, the leave allowance can be extended. The…arrow_forwardWhat types of scheduling decisions are management likely to encounter in the following operations? Describe the scheduling decisions in terms of the types of resources to be scheduled and the associated customers or jobs scheduled. Further specify the kinds of objectives that might be appropriate for the situation(s) you chose. a. Hospital b. University c. Moviemaking d. Make-to-order factory Note: you do not have to cover all situations. Please feel free to choose one which you are familiar with.arrow_forward
- A firm recently built a new plant that will use more than 50 production lines and machines to produce over 500 different products. The production scheduling decisions are critical because sales will be lost if customer demand is not met on time. If no individual in the firm has had experience with this production operation, and if new production schedules must be generated each week, why should the firm consider a quantitative approach to the production scheduling problem?arrow_forwardYou institution has just received a major contract that will increase outpatient revenue by 25%. A majority of the work will be coming latter in the day and the expected TAT is 24hrs. How do you adjust your operating budget (supplies/labor/equipment) to accommodate this increase in work volume? What staffing if any would need to be increased and why.arrow_forwardResource Allocation Your salami manufacturing plant can order up to 1,000 pounds of pork and 2,400 pounds of beef per day for use in manufacturing its two specialties: Count Dracula Salami and Frankenstein Sausage. Production of the Count Dracula variety requires 1 pound of pork and 3 pounds of beef for each salami, while the Frankenstein variety requires 2 pounds of pork and 2 pounds of beef for every sausage. In view of your heavy investment in advertising Count Dracula Salami, you have decided that at least one third of the total production should be Count Dracula. On the other hand, because of the health-conscious consumer climate, your Frankenstein Sausage (sold as having less beef) is earning your company a profit of $3 per sausage, while sales of the Count Dracula variety are down and it is earning your company only $1 per salami. Given these restrictions, how many of each kind of sausage should you produce to maximize profits, and what is the maximum possible profit (in…arrow_forward
- Resource Allocation Your salami manufacturing plant can order up to 1,000 pounds of pork and 2,400 pounds of beef per day for use in manufacturing its two specialties: Count Dracula Salami and Frankenstein Sausage. Production of the Count Dracula variety requires 1 pound of pork and 3 pounds of beef for each salami, while the Frankenstein variety requires 2 pounds of pork and 2 pounds of beef for every sausage. In view of your heavy investment in advertising Count Dracula Salami, you have decided that at least one third of the total production should be Count Dracula. On the other hand, because of the health-conscious consumer climate, your Frankenstein Sausage (sold as having less beef) is earning your company a profit of $5 per sausage, while sales of the Count Dracula variety are down and it is earning your company only $1 per salami. Given these restrictions, how many of each kind of sausage should you produce to maximize profits, and what is the maximum possible profit (in…arrow_forwardWhen demand for future resources is expected to decrease, the company can start to plan ways to shed the capacity so that it will not be burdened with significant excess capacity in future quarters”. • Explain the scenario in the context of Resource Planning. How this will be reflected in Annual Operations plan.arrow_forward"Discuss the difference between resource loading and resource leveling, and provide an example of when you would use each technique"arrow_forward
- A TV factory plans to add production lines for its new product and plans to produce as many as 800 units per hour. The production process, production time, and the production process to continue the next production process are described in the table below: (1 day = 8 working hours) Production Process Production Time (s) The production process that follows the next production according to the list below A 12 - B 15 A C 8 A D 5 B,C E 20 D Based on the data above. a. What is the cycle time for the production of the new product? (note: in seconds)b. What is the minimum number of workstations?c. Draw a diagram of the production process.d. With the diagram that you have described above, can the production process run properly according to the plan? Explain the process of each workstation that you have created!.arrow_forwardA TV factory plans to add production lines for its new product and plans to produce as many as 200 units per hour. The production process, production time, and the production process to continue the next production process are described in the table below: (1 day = 8 working hours) Production Process Production Time (s) The production process that follows the next production according to the list below A 12 - B 15 A C 8 A D 5 B,C E 20 D Based on the data above. a. What is the cycle time for the production of the new product? (note: in seconds)b. What is the minimum number of workstations?arrow_forwardGive a brief explanation of five major process scheduling policy factors.arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
Practical Management ScienceOperations ManagementISBN:9781337406659Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.Publisher:Cengage,
Practical Management Science
Operations Management
ISBN:9781337406659
Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:Cengage,
Inventory Management | Concepts, Examples and Solved Problems; Author: Dr. Bharatendra Rai;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n9NLZTIlz8;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY