Problem 4 Amy is an MBA student, she gets home from work around 5 P.M. each day
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Problem 4 Amy is an MBA student, she gets home from work around 5 P.M. each day and can only reasonably work on her studies until midnight. She usually watches an hour of Netflix to relax, works out for 30 minutes, and takes 30 minutes to eat dinner. She has found that if she takes a 5-minute break each hour, she can remain more focused. Today she feels 80% on task. Homework for the evening includes a case study (1) for Org Strategy. two(2) discussion posts for Operations Management, and an excel assignment(1) for Visualization. Estimated processing times are shown below. Setup time includes time spent online gathering resources and finding reference books around the apartment. a. b. c. What is Amy's effective capacity to do work this evening? What is her load percent? How would you suggest she adjust her capacity to complete her tasks on time? SETUP TIME PROCESSING TIME PER TASK TASKS Ops Management 15 minutes120 minutes Ox Siratopy 30 minuies 30 minuies Visualization 1 40 minutesExplanation / Answer
(a)
Total available time from 5 PM to Midnight = 7 hours = 420 minutes
Less:
Netflix - 60 min
Workout - 30 min
Dinner - 30 min
Between-hour breaks - 7 x 5 = 35 min
i.e. Available capacity = 420 - (60+30+30+35) = 265 minutes
And she feels 80% on task, so the effective capaity = 265 x 80% = 212 minutes
(b)
Total load is of 365 minutes. So, she is 365/212 = 172% loaded
(c)
She is short of (365 - 212) = 153 minutes of capacity. She can cut the Workouts and Netflix, reduce the dinner time to 50%, take only in-between breaks of 2 minutes and finally, can improve the willingness from 80% to 95% to adjust the capacity.
Effective capacity = (420 - (0+0+15+ 2 x 7)) x 95% = 371.45 minuts which is > the load.
Tasks Units(n) Setup time
(S) Processing time (P) Total time
= S + n.P OPS 2 15 120 255 OB 1 30 30 60 Excel 1 10 40 50 Total 365
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