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Exercises On Supply Process Capacity

This document contains four exercises analyzing supply process capacity: 1. A three resource process is analyzed, finding the bottleneck resource is the third at 16 minutes per unit. Process capacity is 3.75 units per hour and utilization of each resource is 100% at a demand of 8 units per hour. 2. A five resource process working on three products is analyzed. Resource three is the bottleneck. Flow rates are calculated to meet given daily demand mixes for each product. 3. A cranberry processing plant's barrels in vs. out are modeled, finding maximum barrels waiting, when trucks stop waiting, when bins empty, and finishing time using seasonal workers. 4. A milk production process is modeled graphically

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Exercises On Supply Process Capacity

This document contains four exercises analyzing supply process capacity: 1. A three resource process is analyzed, finding the bottleneck resource is the third at 16 minutes per unit. Process capacity is 3.75 units per hour and utilization of each resource is 100% at a demand of 8 units per hour. 2. A five resource process working on three products is analyzed. Resource three is the bottleneck. Flow rates are calculated to meet given daily demand mixes for each product. 3. A cranberry processing plant's barrels in vs. out are modeled, finding maximum barrels waiting, when trucks stop waiting, when bins empty, and finishing time using seasonal workers. 4. A milk production process is modeled graphically

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Exercises on supply process capacity

1. (Process Analysis with One Flow Unit) Consider a process consisting of three
resources.

Resource Activity Time Number of Workers


[Min./Unit]
1 10 2
2 6 1
3 16 3

What is the bottleneck? What is the process capacity? What is the flow rate if
demand is eight units per hour? What is the utilization of each resource if demand is
eight units per hour?

2. (Process Analysis with Multiple Flow Units) Consider a process consisting of


five resources that are operated eight hours per day. The process works on
three different products. A, B, and C:
Resource Number of Activity Time for Activity Time for Activity Time for
Workers A [Min./Unit] B [Min./Unit] C [Min./Unit]
1 2 5 5 5
2 2 3 4 5
3 1 15 0 0
4 1 0 3 3
5 2 6 6 6

Demand for the three different products is as follows: product A, 40 units per day;
product B, 50 units per day; and product C, 60 unites per day.

What is the bottleneck? What is the flow rate for each flow unit assuming that
demand must be served in the mix described above (i.e., for every four units of A,
there are five units of B and six units of C)?

Must be served in the mix described above (i.e., for every four units of A, there are
five units of B and six units of C)?

3. (Cranberries) International Cranberry Uncooperative (ICU) is a competitor to


the National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC). At ICU, barrels of cranberries
arrive on trucks at a rate of 150 barrels per hour and are processed
continuously at a rate of 100 barrels per hour. Trucks arrive at a uniform rate
over eight hours, from 6:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Assume the trucks are
sufficiently small so that the delivery of cranberries can be treated as a
continuous inflow. The first truck arrives at 6:00 a.m. and unloads
immediately, so processing begins at 6:00 a.m. The bins at ICU can hold up
to 200 barrels of cranberries before overflowing. If a truck arrives and the
bins are full, the truck must wait until there is room in the bins.
a. What is the maximum number of barrels of cranberries that are waiting on
the trucks at any given time?
b. At what time do the trucks stop waiting?
c. At what time do the bins become empty?
d. ICU is considering using seasonal workers in addition to their regular
workforce to help with the processing of cranberries. When the seasonal
workers are working, the processing rate increases to 125 barrels per hour.
The seasonal workers would start working at 10:00 a.m. and finish working
when the trucks stop waiting. At what time would ICU finish processing the
cranberries using these seasonal workers?

4. (Western Pennsylvania Milk Company) The Western Pennsylvania Milk


Company is producing milk at a fixed rate of 5,000 gallons/hour. The
companys clients request 100,000 gallons of milk over the course of one day.
This demand is spread out uniformly from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. If there is no milk
available, clients will wait until enough is produced to satisfy their requests.

The company starts producing at 8 a.m. with 25,000 gallons in finished goods
inventory. At the end of the day, after all demand has been fulfilled, the plant keeps
on producing until the finished goods inventory has been restored to 25,000 gallons.

When answering the following questions, treat trucks/milk as a continuous flow


process. Begin by drawing a graph indicating how much milk is in inventory and
how much milk is back-ordered over the course of the day.

a. At what time during the day will the clients have to start waiting for their
requests to be filled?
b. At what time will clients stop waiting?
c. Assume that the milk is picked up in trucks that hold 1,250 gallons each.
What is the maximum number of trucks that are waiting?
d. Assume the plant is charged $50 per hour per waiting truck. What are the
total waiting time charges on a day?

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