Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Given that :
Time taken to receive order = 2 minutes
Ingredient mixing and cake loading = 8 minutes
Baking time = 30 minutes
Number of cakes oven can hold at a time = 3
Cooling time = 1 hour = 60 minutes
Cake packing = 2 minutes
Billing customer = 3 minutes
a. What is the capacity of the process, and what is the bottleneck?
The capacity of the process:
Within an hour : two bakings can be done =(30 minutes * 2) = 60 minutes
Also oven can hold 3 cakes, so, 3 cakes can be baked at a time.
Hence, 3 cakes in 30 minutes ;
6 cakes in an hour;
Hence, capacity of the process is 6cakes per hour.
The bottleneck is the oven, because if the number of ovens were to be increased, the process capacity will increase, similarly, if one of the oven gets faulty, then the process capacity reduces further.
b. What is the throughput time for a typical cake?
The throughput time, is the summation of all the time taken to fully complete an order :
Receipt of order + mixing + baking + cooling + packing + billing
2 + 8 + 30 + 60 + 2 + 3 = 105 minutes
c. If on average five orders are taken per hour, how many cakes are there in the process (on average)?
(Throughput time / 60) * average number of order
(105/60) * 5
= 1.75 * 5
= 8.75
