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C & A furniture uses a four-step process to make a wood table Process - processi

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Question

C & A furniture uses a four-step process to make a wood table

Process - processing time (minutes)

Milling table top - 10 minutes

Milling table stand - 5 minutes

Assembly - 15 minutes

Finishing - 20 minutes

Part A, use the information above - The milling machine requires a setup time of 30 minutes to make table tops and a changeover time of 30 minutes to make table stands. C&A works an 8-hour day. What is the capacity of the milling machine (in tables per day) if the batch size is 10?

A. 22.86 tables/day

B. 7.05 tables/day

C. 15.32 tables/day

D. 6.40 tables/day

Part B - C&A Printing takes 10 seconds to print a page in color, but after 500 pages, the printer must be cooled down for 15 minutes. No pages can be printed while the printer is cooling down. C&A's demand rate is 3 pages per minute. What is the smallest batch size to ensure the process is demand-constrained?

A. 37

B. 90

C. 64

D. 500

Explanation / Answer

Question:- The milling machine requires a setup time of 30 minutes to make table tops and a changeover time of 30 minutes to make table stands. C&A works an 8-hour day. What is the capacity of the milling machine (in tables per day) if the batch size is 10?

Answer:- A. 22.86 tables/day

Question:- C&A Printing takes 10 seconds to print a page in color, but after 500 pages, the printer must be cooled down for 15 minutes. No pages can be printed while the printer is cooling down. C&A's demand rate is 3 pages per minute. What is the smallest batch size to ensure the process is demand-constrained?

Answer:- B. 90?