Southill Steel Ltd manufacture steel products for the local engineering market at their Limerick location. The values shown are from time studies of the operations at the various workstations.

 

(a) If the demand per shift is 450 units, calculate the staffing level required and the workload at each workstation and in total.

(b) If the demand per shift changes to 575 units, calculate the staffing level required and the workload at each workstation and in total.

(c) Comment on the implications of the change in demand.

Workstation Operation 1 SMV Operation 2 SMV Operation 3 SMV A 2.54 3.68 1.94 B 3.16 2.67 1.89 C 2.75 2.64 2.51 D 0.85 4.27 2.34 E 2.44 1.86 1.32