*Problem #1. Jelly Belly has an experimental candy production line that runs one
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*Problem #1. Jelly Belly has an experimental candy production line that runs one shift, five days per week in its Fairfield, California, location. The production line is currently dedicated to Flavor “X” and therefore requires no setups. Customer demand is currently 80,000 beans/week. A shift is 8.5 hours, with a 30 minute unpaid lunch, and 45 minutes/day for breaks, 5S activities, and team meetings. Beans are sold in boxes of 100.
a. What is customer demand/day?
b. How much total available operating time is there per day?
c. What is the takt time in seconds/piece for the candy making machine?
d. What is the takt time in seconds/box for the candy cell?
e. After an upgrade, the equipment which packs the jelly beans into boxes (the “bean boxer” machine) has a total cycle time of 3 minutes/box. What capacity is now required for the bean boxer machine (i.e. how many bean boxer machines are needed)?
f. List at least three ways you could meet the production needs for bean boxing given the new situation.
Explanation / Answer
a. What is customer demand/day?
80000 / 7 =11428.57
b. How much total available operating time is there per day?
8.5 hours, with a 30 minute unpaid lunch, and 45 minutes/day for breaks
c. What is the takt time in seconds/piece for the candy making machine?
30/100= 0.30 = $0.30
d. What is the takt time in seconds/box for the candy cell?
40 / 100 = $0.40
e. After an upgrade, the equipment which packs the jelly beans into boxes (the “bean boxer” machine) has a total cycle time of 3 minutes/box. What capacity is now required for the bean boxer machine (i.e. how many bean boxer machines are needed)?
300
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