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Kick Scooters : Show Work

The kick scooter manufacturing process consists of stamping parts and assembling them. Stamping produces parts A and B in batches that take 90 minutes to set up the machine for each part type and 30 seconds per part to stamp. Currently it produces 120 of part A and 240 of part B in a batch. Assembly takes 30 minutes per scooter with 12 workers assembling parts manually. The bottleneck is currently assembly since it can only produce 12*2=24 scooters per hour while stamping can produce 120+240=360 parts per hour. Increasing the batch size would not increase overall capacity but matching batch sizes would maximize throughput.

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Kick Scooters : Show Work

The kick scooter manufacturing process consists of stamping parts and assembling them. Stamping produces parts A and B in batches that take 90 minutes to set up the machine for each part type and 30 seconds per part to stamp. Currently it produces 120 of part A and 240 of part B in a batch. Assembly takes 30 minutes per scooter with 12 workers assembling parts manually. The bottleneck is currently assembly since it can only produce 12*2=24 scooters per hour while stamping can produce 120+240=360 parts per hour. Increasing the batch size would not increase overall capacity but matching batch sizes would maximize throughput.

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Kick Scooters (SHOW WORK) Metal frames for kick scooters are manufactured in two steps: Stamping and

assembly. Each frame is made up of three pieces: one unit of part A and two units of part B. The parts are fabricated by a single stamping machine that requires a set up time of 90 minutes switching between two part types. Once the machine is set up, the activity time for parts, regardless of type, is 30 seconds each piece. Currently, the stamping machine rotates its production between one batch of 120 part As and 240 part Bs. Completed parts move only when the entire batch is produced. At assembly, parts are assembled manually to form the finished products. The three parts and a number of small purchased components are required for each unit of final product. Each product requires 30 minutes of labor time to assemble. There are 12 workers in assembly, each working individually (i.e., no assembly line). There is sufficient demand to sell every scooter the system can make. SHOW WORK a) At the current batch sizes, is the bottleneck of the system Stamping or Assembly? b) At the current batch sizes, what is the process capacity in units per hour? c) True or False: Increasing the batch size increases capacity of the entire process? d) Which batch size for the stamping machine would match the Stamping and Assembly capacities?

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