Construct a value stream map for yahoo widgets


Please look properly the table illustrated below and read all the instructions. Please read it in its entirety and ask if you have any questions or if something isn't clear. There is a prompt to read and questions to answer after the prompt.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Forthis assignment, you will be required to read the following prompt and chart and answerthe questions that follow.

Yahoo Widgets, Inc. (YWI) is a widget manufacturerin Williamsburg, Virginia. YWIreceives raw material sheets of plastic from Tribe Plastics, once per week, on Monday, forthe family of widget models it produces. These widgets are then shipped to another manufacturer, Acme Gadgets, Inc. (AGI), forinclusion in its family of gadgets, which are sold to end users. Forits new product line, the gadget manufacturer requires two types of widgets, large and small, that are packaged in returnable trays holding 55 widgets for shipment. The trays are returned, empty, to YWI afterthe widgets are used by AGI. The manufacturing process consists of a thermoforming activity that transforms the sheets of plastic into a "rough" widget, which requires a drilling process step and a grinding and sanding process step before the packing and shipping process step. These steps and related information are shown in the following table.

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1. Using the data shown in the table above, construct a value stream map for Yahoo Widgets, Inc.

2. What is the takt time of the manufacturing cell?

3. What is the production lead time for each process step?

4. What is the total processing time forthe manufacturing cell?

5. What is the total capacity of the manufacturing cell?

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