Abet Outcome 1 Assignment

The Acme Corporation is having a difficult time meeting their customers needs in terms of production output. The situation is as follows.

Acme Corp is a mid -sized manufacturer of safety equipment. One of their main product lines consists of a residential smoke detector. The smoke detector consists of 12 components currently sourced from Vietnam as well as hardware, batteries and packaging that are sourced locally. Current plans call for 2,400 units to ship per day. Acme wants to set up 3 lines with the goal of each line producing 800 units per day. They brought in a consulting group and they developed the following pre- determined standards

The times below represent the normalized times Acme wants to use apply a PF&D factor of 14% .

The operations and standard cycle times are below. The operations are in the order they need to be performed

Element 1 Load base unit and circuit board on line 27 seconds

Element 2 Place two screws on circuit board and power screw in 13 seconds

Element 3 Snap 9 volt battery into place 11 seconds

Element 4 Solder 2 lead wires 24 second

Element 5 Test Unit 21 seconds

Element 6 If unit passes place passed inspection decal on (19/20) 12 seconds

If unit fails--- place unit in repair bay (1/20) (also 12 seconds)

Element 7 Put units into box and place onto shipping container 17 seconds

Element 8 Repair defective units (1/20 fail) retest place decal on and place in box

8.33 minutes average time to repair 25 seconds (pro rated)

Element 9 Shrink wrap pallet and take to shipping with a pallet jack

11 minutes average time 25 units per pallet 26.4 seconds

The above operators with the exception of the repair station rotate positions once per hour to minimize exposure to carpel tunnel.

Your job is to do the following

1) Determine the number of operators required on the assembly line- Detail your methodology- need to see all the supporting numbers

2) Develop the assembly lines each operator needs 24 sq. feet in addition there should be an additional 50 % of square feet for aisles and another 5000 sq. feet for raw materials

Show the department layout highlighting the material flow of raw material into the assembly lines, the assembly process and material flowing to the shipping department

This should be presented in a manner that a consultant would deliver to a customer