PA 7-7 Kinga Doll Company manufactures... Kinga Doll Company manufactures eight

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PA 7-7 Kinga Doll Company manufactures... Kinga Doll Company manufactures eight versions of its popular girl doll, Shari. The company operates on a 40-hour work week. The eight versions differ in doll skin, hair, and eye color, enabling most children to have a doll with a similar appearance to them. It currently sells an average of 4250 dolls (spread equally among its eight versions) per week to boutique toy retailers. In simplified terms, doll making at Kinga involves three basic operations: molding the body and hair, painting the face, and dressing the doll. Changing over between versions requires setup time at the molding and painting stations due to the different colors of plastic pellets, hair, and eye color paint required. Table 7.5 lists the setup times for a batch and the activity times for each unit at each step Process Step Molding Setup time (min) 20 Processing time (min) 0.22 Painting 28 0.12 Dressing No setup 0.32 Round your answer to nearest integer.) a. What is the process capacity in dolls per hour with a batch size of 600 dolls? 188 dolls per hour (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. What is the utilization of molding in dolls per hour with a batch size of 875 dolls? Round your answer to nearest integer.) c. Which batch size would minimize inventory without decreasing the process capacity? dolls per batch Round your answer to nearest integer.) d. Which batch size would minimize inventory without decreasing the flow rate? dolls per batch

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A For units Process Molding Painting Dressing 600 Set up 20 28 0 Processing time 0.22 0.12 0.32 Total processing time 132 72 192 Total time 152 100 192 Time 444 min So 600 unit take 444 min In 1 min 1.351351 in 60 mins 81 Ans A B For units Process Molding Painting Dressing 875 Set up 20 28 0 Processing time 0.22 0.12 0.32 Total processing time 192.5 105 280 Total time 212.5 133 280 Time 625.5 min Utilization 92.33% (procesing time/Total time)

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