Monique Food Processing Company and Capacity.
Read Problem 6: The “Monique Food Processing Company” in Chapter 8 of your text.
Monique Food Processing Company produces light snacks that can be heated in a microwave. The following steps are included in the process:
Steps
Description
Capacity (Units/Hour)
1
Prepare food
200
2
Measure and place in plastic pouch
175
3
Prepare cardboard box
200
4
Insert pouch into box
300
5
Shrink-wrap box
200
a. What is the system capacity, and which is the bottleneck department?
b. How much slack (unused capacity) is available in other departments?
c. How much system capacity can be gained by adding capacity to the bottleneck?
d. What are the key factors that determine when to add capacity?
e. Why would an organization want to reduce its capacity?
Make and include calculations. Answer questions “a” through “e.” Your response should be 200-250 words.
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Required Resources
Text
Vonderembse, M. A., & White, G. P. (2013). Operations management [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu// (Links to an external site.)
• Chapter 7: Facility Location and Process Selection
• Chapter 8: Capacity Decisions
Recommended Resources
Multimedia
July, E. (Producer) & Rodrigo, J. M. (Director). (2003). Business is blooming: The international floral industry (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from the Films On Demand database.
• Watch the following segments:
o Anticipating Flower Market Demand
https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=34961
Ecuador: King in the Flower World
https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=34961
o Ecuador’s Flower Production
https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=34961
o Exporting Flowers from Ecuador
https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=34961
o Websites
o American Society for Quality. (n.d). Pareto chart (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from http://asq.org/learn-about-quality/cause-analysis-tools/overview/pareto.html
o American Society for Quality. (n.d). Six sigma (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from http://asq.org/sixsigma/
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