Questions from General Operations Management

Q: A. Choudhury’s bowling ball factory in Illinois makes bowling balls of

A. Choudhury’s bowling ball factory in Illinois makes bowling balls of adult size and weight only. The standard deviation in the weight of a bowling ball produced at the factory is k...

Q: Organic Grains LLC uses statistical process control to ensure that its health

Organic Grains LLC uses statistical process control to ensure that its health-conscious, low-fat, multigrain sandwich loaves have the proper weight. Based on a previously stable and in-control process...

Q: Amy Xia’s plant was designed to produce 7,000 hammers per

Amy Xia’s plant was designed to produce 7,000 hammers per day but is limited to making 6,000 hammers per day because of the time needed to change equipment between styles of hammers. What is the utili...

Q: A work cell at Chris Ellis Commercial Laundry has a workstation with

A work cell at Chris Ellis Commercial Laundry has a workstation with two machines, and each unit produced at the station needs to be processed by both of the machines. (The same unit cannot be worked...

Q: The three-station work cell has a product that must go

The three-station work cell has a product that must go through one of the two machines at station 1 (they are parallel) before proceeding to station 2. a) What is the bottleneck time of the system? b)...

Q: The three-station work cell at Pullman Mfg., Inc.

The three-station work cell at Pullman Mfg., Inc. It has two machines at station 1 in parallel (i.e., the product needs to go through only one of the two machines before proceeding to station 2). a) W...

Q: The Pullman Mfg., Inc., three-station work cell has

The Pullman Mfg., Inc., three-station work cell has two machines at station 1 in parallel. The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 2. a...

Q: Explain why doubling the capacity of a bottleneck may not double the

Explain why doubling the capacity of a bottleneck may not double the system capacity.

Q: Klassen Toy Company, Inc., assembles two parts (parts 1

Klassen Toy Company, Inc., assembles two parts (parts 1 and 2): Part 1 is first processed at workstation A for 15 minutes per unit and then processed at workstation B for 10 minutes per unit. Part 2 i...

Q: A production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing. The drilling operation occurs

A production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing. The drilling operation occurs separately from, and simultaneously with, sawing and sanding, which are independent and sequential operations. A produc...