(i) Suppose management is seeking to improve a current system on the dimensions
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(i) Suppose management is seeking to improve a current system on the dimensions of WIP, cycle time, and/or throughput. You are brought in as an expert consultant to help management determine what they could do. What useful information might you want to obtain? What are the top two things you would recommend that the firm improve in the current line? (Be specific about facility number and the input parameter that should be improved first.)
(ii) Suppose it is possible to switch the order of processing of all parts so that material first goes to facility 2 and then to facility 1, instead of going to facility 1 first and then facility 2. You are asked to advice the management team to help determine if the flow pattern in a new line to be installed should be from facility 1 to facility 2 or from facility 2 to 1. Assuming all other data remain unchanged, which flow pattern would you recommend and why?
(iii) Another option under consideration for the design of a new line is to combine the facilities 1 and 2 into a single new facility with three parallel identical servers, each of which would be capable of doing the entire processing that the previous two facilities performed. Would you recommend that the two facilities be combined into one? Explain.
Explanation / Answer
i> we need the management to hand over the database pertaining the cycle time and the WIP as well as the one for the throughput.
the management could work on trying to make the cycle time in sync with the throughput.
that is the quantum of time for the cycle time would produce an outcome that matches or is very close to the
desired throughput.
And the deficit needs to be worked upon when its time for the next cycle time.
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