Questions from General Operations Management

Q: A plastic injection molding machine operates 348 days a year. It

A plastic injection molding machine operates 348 days a year. It is the bottleneck workstation in a process that produces plastic housed wall clocks. Industrial engineers collected data on the probabi...

Q: Bracket Manufacturing uses a Kanban system for a component. Daily demand

Bracket Manufacturing uses a Kanban system for a component. Daily demand is 1,000 units. Each container has a combined waiting and processing time of .85 days. If the container size is 70 and the alph...

Q: Tooltron Manufacturing uses a Kanban system for a component. Daily demand

Tooltron Manufacturing uses a Kanban system for a component. Daily demand is 425 units. Each container has a combined waiting and processing time of 1.5 days. If the container size is 35 and the alpha...

Q: The Hudson Jewelers case study available in MindTap integrates material found in

The Hudson Jewelers case study available in MindTap integrates material found in each chapter of this book. Case Question for Discussion: 1. Design and draw the layout for your high-end jewelry store....

Q: Lou’s Bakery has established that JIT should be used for chocolate chips

Lou’s Bakery has established that JIT should be used for chocolate chips due to the high probability of the kitchen heat melting the chips. The average demand is 150 cups of chocolate chips per week....

Q: Due to rapid changes in technology, a telecommunications manufacturer decides to

Due to rapid changes in technology, a telecommunications manufacturer decides to produce a router using JIT methods. Daily demand for the router is 17 units per day. The routers are built on racks tha...

Q: An automobile transmission manufacturer is considering using a JIT approach to replenishing

An automobile transmission manufacturer is considering using a JIT approach to replenishing its stock of transmissions. Daily demand for transmission #230 is 55 transmissions per day and they are buil...

Q: A pillow assembly line consists of five stages arranged in series.

A pillow assembly line consists of five stages arranged in series. The first workstation stuffs the pillow with filler material. The second workstation sews the pillow case and the third stage places...

Q: The county government has decided to redo the street you live on

The county government has decided to redo the street you live on and plans to block the street off, which causes you and your neighbors considerable inconvenience. The project has three parallel paths...

Q: The Mohawk Discount Store chain is designing a management-training program

The Mohawk Discount Store chain is designing a management-training program for individuals at its corporate headquarters. The company would like to design the program so that the trainees can complete...