Reference no: EM132266749
Consider a production system that contains a single machine and the production follows the serial batching, with the following parameters:
t= average time to process a single part = 0.5 hour
s= average time to perform a setup = 2 hours
ce= coefficient of variation for time to process a batch (parts + setup) = 0.5
ra= arrival rate of parts = 0.2 part/hour
ca= coefficient of variation of batch arrivals= 1
(a) Suppose move batch size=1, what is the cycle time when process batch size is 6? What is the cycle time when process batch size is 12?
(b) Suppose move batch size=3, what is the cycle time when process batch size is 6? What is the cycle time when process batch size is 12?
(c) Suppose move batch size=process batch size, what is the cycle time when process batch size is 6? What is the cycle time when process batch size is 12?
(d) Compare the results, what can you conclude about the cycle time with different move batch sizes? Why do we even want to have move batch size greater than 1?