Cycle Time Demonstration Exercise Cycle Time Used Minimum Number of Stations Eff
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Cycle Time Demonstration Exercise
Cycle Time Used
Minimum Number of Stations
Efficiency
Variation 1
18
4
72.2%
Variation 2
8
?
?
Variation 3
24
3
90.3%
From the table above:
Why can't you use a cycle time that is less than any one individual activity's own cycle time?
How can the limitation in your answer to "a." be changed to allow a lower cycle time?
If your answer to "b." would work, what would be the effect of the lower cycle time on the theoretical number of units that you could then produce per time period?
Cycle Time Demonstration Exercise
Cycle Time Used
Minimum Number of Stations
Efficiency
Variation 1
18
4
72.2%
Variation 2
8
?
?
Variation 3
24
3
90.3%
Explanation / Answer
a. A cycle time is driven by the time required by the bottleneck. Hence unless time consumed at bottleneck is reduced, cycle time can not be reduced.
b. For allowing lower cycle time, number of stations of the bottleneck process needs to be increased till the point when the process no longer remains the bottleneck and allows smooth flow of process.
c. If option 2 works, theoratical number of units produced per time period would increase due to reduction in cycle time
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