Based on this information determine the paint processs 1


A manufacturer uses an automated painting process paint its products. The product comes in 6 colors red, orange, blue, grey, green, and yellow). The paint line operates 3 shifts per day (i.e. 24 hours/day), 5 days/week. During each shift the line is down for 2, 15 minute breaks. In addition, there are 2 set-ups on each shift (i.e. 1st shift paints red and orange; 2nd shift paints blue and grey; and 3rd shift paints green and yellow products. It takes 30 minutes to set up the machine each time the painting operation changes colors. All maintenance activities are done on weekends so they do not affect the paint process capacity. The design capacity for the painting process is 15 units/hour. Last week the painting process painted 1345 products. Based on this information, determine the paint process's (1) Weekly Effective Capacity; (2) Utilization; and (3) Efficiency.

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