Continuous Flow versus Departmental Flow Manufacturing

Bienestar Inc., has the following departmental structure for producing a well-known multivitamin

Wait time -10 min -------- 24 minutes mixing-------Move and wait time -10min ---------- 14 minutes Heating ------- Move and wait time - 40 min -------- 12 minutes Tableting --------Move and wait time -20 min----------- 10 minutes Bottling

A consultant design the following cellular manufacturing structure for the same product:

24 minutes mixing ----- 14 minutes Heating ------- 12 minutes Tableting------ 10 minutes Bottling

The times above the processes represent the time required to process one unit of product.

Required:

1.Calculate the time required to produce a batch of 15 bottles using a batch-processing departmental structure.

minutes

2.Calculate the time to process 15 units using cellular manufacturing. Assume that the cell is not continuously producing.

minutes

3.How much manufacturing time will the cellular manufacturing structure save for a batch of 15 units? Assume that the cell is not continuously producing. Round the answer to two decimal places.

minutes