Assignment: Operations Management Case Analysis and Excel
Assume drying station capacity is 1,125 and scenario 1 drying time is 5 hours and scenario 2 is 7 hours. Also assume 3 shifts per day with 7 production hours each and 5 working days.
Answer the following:
• Map the process flow of EB. (use an excel spreadhseet)
• What is the daily and weekly production capacity of EB? (use an excel spreadhseet)
• What are the utilization rates of EB's workstations? (use an excel spreadhseet)
• What is the bottleneck in each scenario? (use an excel spreadhseet)
• Can they fulfill an order of 10,000 units to be delivered in one week? How so? (use an excel spreadhseet)
• If you add variation in processing times, what would happen to EB's production process? Would it improve of worsen? Why? Give an example.
• Make recommendations to Ben so as to improve EB's process flow.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.