\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline Step & Task & TaskTime(mins) & Drytime & Tool/Area \\ \hline (1) Rough Cuts & 1.Roughcutallwoodpieces & 5 to 10 & & Circular Saw \\ \hline \multirow[t]{3}{*}{(2)SizeandPrepareTable-topboards,skirtsandlegs} & 2.1 Saw pieces to size & 10 to 20 & & Table Saw \\ \hline & 2.2Jointtop-boardsandableleghalves & 10 & & Jointer \\ \hline & 2.3Planeboards,skirtsandlegs & 10 to 15 & & Planer \\ \hline \multirow[t]{2}{*}{ (3) Rough-fit and Laminate } & 3.1Gluetop-boardsandtableleghalvestogether & 15 to 25 & & Worktable \\ \hline & 3.2Checkfitofotherpieces & 10 & & Worktable \\ \hline DRYING & DRY-1Allowtable-toptodryovernight & & hours & Drying area \\ \hline (4) Precise cut pieces & 4.Re-measureandcarefullycutallpiecestosize & 5 to 10 & & Mitre Saw \\ \hline \multirow[t]{2}{*}{ (5) Final joint and plane } & 5.1Re-Jointremainingpieces & 5 to 10 & & Jointer \\ \hline & 5.2Re-Planeremainingpieces & 5 to 10 & & Planer \\ \hline & 6.Planebottompartofablelegsfortaperedfinish & 15 & & Planer \\ \hline (7) Drill hardware holes & 7. Drill hardware holes & 20 to 30 & & Drill Preis \\ \hline (8) Sanding & 8.Powerorhandsand,asrequired & 40 to 60 & & Worktable \\ \hline (9) Glue and Final assembly & y.Glueandassemblepieces,intenthardware & 201040 & & Worktable \\ \hline \end{tabular} Questions - Follow the Case Study Guidelines on Moodle 1. What is the problem/issue addressed in the case? 2. Create an assembly line for manufacturing the tables that improves efndiency and draw a detailed graph. (Hint Refer to the textbook pages 180 to 181 to develop manufacturing cells instead of a work center layout, which may be moto effective with higher volumes) Indicate which tasks have dependencies and which can be done in parallel in this new line. 3. Based on your assembly line, you will need to purchase additional resources and machinery for this updated layout. Indicate where tauren should invest her money to spend up the batch. You look around the shop. It's a little messy, but there is also room to put more tools and worktables. You start discussing options. Lauren thinks the apprentices are ready to lead teams of their own, so she could hire up to 4 new apprentices and have 4 teams working in the shop. She has a few thousand dollars to buy new equipment. You could re-organize the shop if it makes sense. Lauren walks you through the steps of making the side table. Her time estimates and the tools required are in the table below. She notes making custom furniture the first time takes a lot longer; there is a lot of calculations, measurements and dry fitting. The times she gives you are her estimates for mass-producing one table by a team of two people. How long do you think it will take LoL.o's Custom Furniture to make 300 tables? Whene should Lauren invest her money to speed up the batch? Do you have any recommendations for organizing the ahop? Case Study: Manufacturing The following case about a Woodworking Job Shop addresses a manufacturing problem at a small production facility: As you read through the case, think about how you would organize the shop and how the teams of workers move around. What types of problems will Lauren face as the job shop gets more business? "Before we get started, you should know that making a good table is harder than it looks?" Lauren keeps moving around her workshop as you talk. She started woodworking in her garage years ago, making custom furniture for friends and family. She posted some of her work on Facebook, and orders started coming in from the community. Soon she needed to move out of her garage and into a proper workshop, and LoLo's Custom Furniture was born. Today she has three employees, one of which is also a trained woodworker. The other two are experienced apprentices, and the four of them work in teams of two to ensure the work goes smoothly and safely. Looking around the workshop, you notice several power tools and workstations. Lauren shows you around: "In the middle of the shop here T ve got a circular saw. a table saw, and a mitre saw. I use the circular saw for rough cuts, the table saw to cut the wood down to workable pieces, and the mitre saw for precision cutting." "Over on the left 1 have a jointer and a planer. The jointer is for cutting the sides of boards so I can join them together into table-tops, and the planer is for flattening the wood to the desired thickaness." You walk over together to the right-side of the shop, and she continues "This is the drill peess, for making holes in the wood for the hardware (screws, nails or bolts). And at these worktables we do sanding, assembly and staining." The two worktables are cluttered with power. sanders, power drills and stain brushes. Lauren definitely doesn't need your belp making tables, so why are you here you wonden "I put one of my side-tables on Instagram, and my order page blew up! I've got to make like 300 of these tables, and every day t cheek, the number keeps going up. It takes houn to make a table. bow am 1 going to make 300% 2. Create an assembly line for manufacturing the tables that improves efficiency and draw a detailed graph. (Hint: Refer to the textbook pages 180 to 181 to develop manufacturing cells instead of a work center layout, which may be more effective with higher volumes). Indicate which tasks have dependencies and which can be done in parallel in this new line. 3. Based on your assembly line, you will need to purchase additional resources and machinery for this updated layout. Indicate where Lauren should invest her money to speed up the batch. 4. Based on the new layout, how long will it take LoLo's Custom Furniture to make 300 tables? Show your work. 5. Give at least two pros and cons to this preferred solution