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1. A local machine shop requested your assistance to find bottle necks in the sy

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Question

1. A local machine shop requested your assistance to find bottle necks in the system The plant runs 50 weeks a year 5 days a week with 2 shifts of 8 hours each The customer demand for the products is 2.5 million units The plant has 2 breaks each shift @ 15 min each break The plant has a 5 minute communication meeting each shift What is the TAKT time or rate the customer requires a unit There are 5 work centers that are required to produce a part Press Press Break Drill Mill Assembly Line There is one press which can produce 5 pieces per cycle The operator can load raw stock in 2 seconds and unload in 2 seconds. The machine takes 5 seconds to process. The press has a machine reliability of 80% and scraps 10% of the product What is the TAKT time for the press How often can the press produce a unit (TAKT time)

Explanation / Answer

TAKT time per assembly line = Available production time / Required units of production

Available production time = 15 secs

Customer demand = 1 piece/run

TAKT Time per assembly line = 15/1 = 15 secs/piece