Reference no: EM131939417

A small manufacturing facility produces custom-molded plastic parts. The process consists of two sequential operations: mold/trim and assemble/package. Jobs arrive in batches at a mean rate of five jobs every two hours. For any job, the mold/trim process is exponential, with a mean of 15 minutes, and the assemble/ package operation is also exponential, with a mean of 30 minutes. The mold/trim work station has room to store only four jobs awaiting processing. The assemble/ package station has room to store only two waiting jobs. Jobs are transported from the first to the second work station in 10 minutes. If the mold/trim work station is full when a job arrives, the job is subcontracted. If the assemble/package work station is full when a job is completed at the mold/trim operation, the mold/ trim operation cannot process any more jobs until space is freed up in the assemble/package area. Develop a SimQuick model to simulate this process, and explain the results.