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Assignment 8-Capacity Planning

The document contains three assignments related to capacity planning for a manufacturing company. The first assignment asks to determine capacity requirements for work centers given a product structure, MPS, and resource profile. The second assignment involves calculating machine hours and scheduling parts production for a bookcase made of panels and shelves. The third assignment involves analyzing input-output data from a work center to determine if planned objectives were met and providing recommendations.

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Assignment 8-Capacity Planning

The document contains three assignments related to capacity planning for a manufacturing company. The first assignment asks to determine capacity requirements for work centers given a product structure, MPS, and resource profile. The second assignment involves calculating machine hours and scheduling parts production for a bookcase made of panels and shelves. The third assignment involves analyzing input-output data from a work center to determine if planned objectives were met and providing recommendations.

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Due Date: 18/05/10 Tuesday 17:00

MS 401 Productions and Service Systems Operations Spring 2009-2010 Assignment 8 Capacity Planning

IMPORTANT: Please submit your assignments to the box at the door of Office 1021.

1) Consider the following product structure, MPS and resource profile for product PA121.
PA121

Part A

Part B

MPS
Part C

week 1 10

week 2 15

week 3 35

week 4 5

Item PA121 Part A Part B Part C

Work Center 100 200 200 300

Set Up Hours 6 3 2 3

Run Hours/Unit 3 1.5 1.6 2

Lead Time 0 weeks 1 week 1 week 1 week

Determine the capacity requirements forall work centers, assuming that a new setup is required,an each week at each work center.

2) A furniture manufacturer makes a bookcase from two end panels, four shelves, fasteners, and hangers. The end panels and shelves have the following data: End Panel Machine Run Time Saw 6 minutes Planer 4 minutes Router 5 minutes

Operation 1 2 3

Setup Time 0.7 hours 0.3 hours 0.9 hours

Shelf Operation Machine Run Time Setup Time 1 Saw 5 minutes 0.6 hours 2 Molder 6 minutes 1.4 hours 3 Router 6 minutes 0.8 hours 4 Sander 2 minutes 0.2 hours The master schedule for the next three weeks is 35, 50, 40 bookcases,respectively. Each MPS quantity requires a setup. a. What is the total number of hours required on each of the five machine centers for each week? b. If each of the two parts is started into production one week (five days) before needed in assembly, and it takes one day per operation, generate the week-by-week load on the routing machine. c. If in b the two parts arrive at the router on the same day, which wouldd you process first? Why?

3) The following input-output data were gathered at the end of week 8 for a work center: Weeks 1 70 78 75 70

Planned Input Actual Input Planed Output Actual Output Beginning Backlog : 50 a. Complete the input output document. b. What was the planned objective? c. Was it met?

2 70 80 75 72

3 70 85 75 73

4 70 80 75 73

5 70 78 75 74

6 70 70 75 75

7 70 65 75 73

8 70 65 75 70

d. What recommendations would you make?

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