Reference no: EM132229203
(a) The Yankee Machine Shop has the following orders scheduled in work center 111 for week 12. Calculate the capacity needed.
(b) The Yankee Machine Shop currently has three machines working in Work Center 111, eight hours per day, five days per week, a utilization rate of 90 percent, and an efficiency rate of 90 percent.
(i) Calculate the available capacity.
(ii) Is the available capacity enough to complete the orders given in Task 5(a) that is already scheduled in Work Center 111? If not, how much additional capacity is needed?
(c) The Yankee Machine Shop has decided to schedule its workforce to work ten hours per day, five days per week. Does this new policy provide enough capacity to complete the orders shown in Task 5(a)?
(d) Unfortunately, after extending the work day from eight hours to ten hours, the Yankee Machine Shop has noted that efficiency has decreased to 80 percent. Given this new piece of information, is there enough capacity to complete the orders given in Task 5(a)?