A pillow assembly line consists of five stages arranged in series. The first workstation stuffs the pillow
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A pillow assembly line consists of five stages arranged in series. The first workstation stuffs the pillow with filler material. The second workstation sews the pillowcase and the third stage places the pillow in a clear plastic sleeve. The fourth workstation places the pillow in a box of three for shipping and seals the box. The fifth workstation places labels on the box for shipping. Pillows are low value yet high cubic volume, so inventory holding cost is high. In fact, the operations managers use a JIT lean assembly line and attempt to only produce what they can sell. The assembly line works two shifts/day, 8 hours/shift minus 1 hour for breaks and food, and 330 days per year. Annual demand is 1,000,000 pillows. What is the Takt time in seconds? How is your answer used?
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Operations And Supply Chain Management
ISBN: 9780357131695
2nd Edition
Authors: David A. Collier, James R. Evans