Tom Swift, master scheduler at Curry Manufacturing Company, prepared the following master production schedule for one of the firm’s major end products, the Kashmir Spice Pump.
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6
MPS 400 250 300 360 340 510
The end product is fabricated in several departments, but department A and department B are the potential bottlenecks. Capacity is 250 hours per week in department A and 70 hours in department B. The product takes 0.50 hours in department A and 0.20 hours in department B. Prepare a rough- cut analysis of capacity for the MPS, and determine when and which areas are out of capacity.
The end product is fabricated in several departments, but department A and department B are the potential bottlenecks. Capacity is 250 hours per week in department A and 70 hours in department B. The product takes 0.50 hours in department A and 0.20 hours in department B. Prepare a rough- cut analysis of capacity for the MPS, and determine when and which areas are out of capacity.