The Best Beer Corporation has a beer-processing facility in Columbus, Ohio. The

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The Best Beer Corporation has a beer-processing facility in Columbus, Ohio. The beer facility has a system efficiency of 90 percent, and the utilization is 80 percent. Three sub-facilities are used for processing. The facilities operate five days a week and three 8-hour shifts per day. What is the rated weekly capacity for the facility?

The problem is to determine the rated capacity for The Best Beer Corporation beer-processing facility and that facility has three sub-facilities.

Please describe and show your work for each step involved.

Explanation / Answer

Rated capacity = Available time x Utilization x Efficiency

Utilization = 80%

Efficiency = 90%

Available time= 5*3*8 hours = 120 hours

Rated capacity = 120*90%*80%

=120*90*80/100*100

= 86.4%

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