Question

You are targeting a total production volume increase of 10% in the next 7 days compared to the last 7 days' actual production volume. assuming you maintain the same productivity rate as last week for the next 7 days, approximately how many scheduled hours will you need to schedule to achieve this goal?

Answer 1

Answer: To solve, we would need to know how many hours were worked in previous weeks to find out the increase in hours that will give off the 10% increase in total production.

Explanation: To find the production volume increase - subtract the most recent production volume by a previous production volume and then divide that by the previous production volume.

Answer 2

Let x = current producton rate in vol/hour.
Then the current production volume in 7 days is
V = (24*7)x = 168x

The targeted production increase is 10%, so the new weekly volume is
1.1*(168x) = 184.8x

Let y =  the extra hours required to meet the new targeted volume. Therefore
(168 + y)x = 184.8x
Divide by x.
168 + y = 184.8
y = 184.8 - 168 = 16.8 hours

Answer:
For the week:
The scheduled hours is 184.8
The extra hours is 16.8