Reference no: EM132400377

Chairvana's Table Assembly Operations:

Chairvana Inc. manufactures metal tables and chairs at its plant in Paxton, Illinois. Recently hired general manager, Bob Behar, is concerned about the large inventories and manufacturing inefficiencies in the plant. The Paxton plant has two separate assembly lines - one for chairs and one for tables. Demand for chairs is significantly larger than tables, so Bob decides to tackle the table assembly process first. Bob has recently hired a summer intern, Eileen Mayer, who he asks to study the table assembly line and suggest ways to improve the process. Having recently completed a course on operations management, Eileen decides to create a value stream map for the process.

To assist Eileen please answer the following questions.

For all questions answer in table equivalents - a table equivalent is 2 table legs.

1. Draw a Value Stream Map for table assembly process. Show all material flows, information flows and inventories. Draw a timeline showing processing times and waiting times. (You may use any drawing package to create a legible chart. You can also use a package such as Visio or Lucidcharts to draw your chart. You will need to make a free account to use Lucidcharts software if you choose to use it.

2. Calculate the Takt time in minutes for the table assembly process.

3. For each step of the process, calculate the cycle time in minutes and the capacity utilization

4. Calculate the total lead time and total processing time in days, hours and minutes.

Attachment:- Case - Chairvanas Table Assembly Operation.rar