Level Operations

Benjamin Wightman, Destiny Agu, Skyelar Barrett, Connor Jenkins

Kennesaw State University

MGT 3200: Operations Management

John Furrh

April 18, 2024

 As stated in the case study we are told that a small company located in eastern

Pennsylvania named Level Operations Manufacturers different models and styles of safes. The

models are S1, S2, S7, S8, and S9. Level Operations has named Stephanie Coles as the

individual to develop a production plan for Level Operations. Stephanie is provided with the

information shown in Figure 1 regarding the model number and weekly quantity.

Model S1 S2 S7 S8 S9
Weekly Quantity 120 102 48 90 25
Figure 1

Since we have been informed that the department operates five days a week. And that no

Safes can be left unfinished they must be finished every cycle. Before Stephanie can determine

the best production quantity per cycle for each day of the week. It is our job to help Stephanie

determine the daily demand for each model. Figure 2 indicates the daily demand and the units

manufactured in each cycle for all five models of safes.

Model S1 S2 S7 S8 S9
Weekly Quantity 120 102 48 90 25
Daily Demand 120/5 = 24 102/5 = 20.4 48/5 = 9.6 90/5 = 18 25/5 = 5
Units Per Cycle 24/5 = 4.8 20.4/5 = 4.08 9.6/5 = 1.92 18/5 = 3.6 5/5 = 1
Figure 2

Now taking the Information collected we will construct a table to help Level Operations

operate efficiently and meet the needed production needs for each week. Based upon the units

able to be produced per cycle and weekly needs and the given best production sequence for each

cycle of (S7-S8-S9-S1-S2). We have determined that with the current projected demands for the

next five weeks. Level Operations should run the same production run on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, with a lighter production run being needed on Friday. Figure 3

Shows the production needs for Monday through Thursday, while Figure 4 shows the Production

needs for Friday. Using the production runs we have created Level Operations should meet the

projected needs in the next five weeks.

Manufactured
Monday-Thursday S7 S8 S9 S1 S2 per cycle
Cycle 1 2 4 1 5 4 16
Cycle 2 2 3 1 5 5 16
Cycle 3 2 4 1 5 4 16
Cycle 4 2 3 1 5 4 15
Cycle 5 2 4 1 4 4 15
Daily Production 10 18 5 24 21 78
Figure 3

Manufactured
Friday S7 S8 S9 S1 S2 per cycle
Cycle 1 2 4 1 5 3 15
Cycle 2 2 4 1 5 3 15
Cycle 3 2 3 1 5 4 15
Cycle 4 1 3 1 5 4 14
Cycle 5 1 4 1 4 4 14
Daily Production 8 18 5 24 18 73
Figure 4