Teal manufactures 3-ring binders targeted at the high school market. Orders for 53,000 binders were received during July, with deliveries scheduled evenly throughout the month of August. Binders are produced simultaneously in 6 manufacturing cells. Time available for production in each cell is 7.5 hours per day for 22 days during July.

Calculate the takt time. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.21.)

Takt time

minutes per binder

At the end of the first hour of a days production, one cell had completed 48 good binders, including 10 binders that were reworked. 1. Calculate the day-by-the-hour results and the variance. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 1,521. Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)

Binders demanded per hour			binders per hour
Variance			binders

2. Calculate the first time through (FTT) rate. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.21.)

FTT rate

%