Q) Level operation is a small company located in Eastern Pennsylvania.

It produces a variety of
security devices and safes. The safes come in several different designs. Recently, number of new
customers have placed orders, and the production facility has been enlarged to accommodate
increased demand for safes. Production manager Stephen Coles is currently working on a production
plan for the safes. She needs a plan for each day of the week. She has obtained the following
information from the marketing department on projected demand for the next 5 weeks.

Models S1 S2 S7 S8 S9
Weekly 120 102 48 90 25
Quantity

The department operates 5 days a week. One complexity is that partially completed safes are not
permitted; each cycle must turn out finished units.

After discussion with engineering Stephen determined that the best production sequence for each
cycle is S7 S8 S9 S1 S2.

Question: What might Stephanie determine as the best production quantity per cycle for each day
of the week?

Q) Determine the number of containers needed for a workstation that uses 100 parts per hour if the
time for a container to complete a cycle (move, wait, empty, return, fill) is 90 minutes and a
standard container holds 84 parts. An inefficiency factor of 0.10 is currently being used.