Question

Imagine a capacity constrained, single resource process with multiple employees working at the single resource. If the number of employees increases then what will happen to the cycle time for the process?

Answer 1

Answer:

It will reduce

Explanation:

Imagine a capacity constrained, single resource process with multiple employees working at the single resource. If the number of employees increases then the cycle time for the process will reduce.

Cycle time = Average time between completion of units.

If we take an example of a manufacturing facility, which is producing 1000 units of product per 40 hour week. The average throughput rate is 10 unit per 0.04 hours, which is one unit every 2.4 minutes. Therefore the cycle time is 2.4 minutes on average.

If we increase the number of workers, the circle time will definitely reduce because more workers will finish a particular work in less time