Mohammed Friends & Co. employs 2 steps sequential process to produce 150 water cans. For step 1, the company uses 7 machines while for step 2, 14 machines are utilized. The plant has an overall efficiency of 86%.
a) Determine the scrap rates for each process, if the standard time is 1.4min/cycle and 2.3min/cycle for Step 1 and Step 2, respectively.
b) Elaborate the assumptions to solve the facilities layout problem.