Question

question1
An order 360 tormes of hi-gloss paper must process sequentially through the coater and the super-calender. The entire lot is completed through the coater before it is moved over the super-calender for processing. the coater take 1 hour and 15 minutes to set up amd coats at a rate of 15 tonnes/ hour. the second operation, the super calender processess the paper at 10 tonnes/hour and has a set up time of 2 hours. Wait time between the coater and super-calender is 3 hours. There's a 20-minute wait time after the super calender and 40 mimutes to transfer the completed order to the warehouse.
the facility just returned from a week long shut down so there is no WIP or queue at the coater or super cylinder.
when will the order be put in the warehouse ?

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10 tonnesi hour

calender tor processine he coate takes 1 our aned 15 minutes to set up The second oper abion. Ihe superalender pnocesses the ppr a

order to the waretoum.

The facity ust retuned from a week lorng shutdown so theres ns WP or queve at the coaner r super calender
When mil the order be put inte the warehouse?
-the production manager has decided to overlap the coater and super calender schedule with the following changes -
- the parent of lot of 300 tonnes will be split in half into two subiots
-wait time between the coater and super-calender have been eliminated
-The time from the super-calender to the warehouse has been eliminated
-The move times remains the same
Set up on the super-calender cant start until the 1 subiot arrive at the station.

what is the cycle time of the overlapped operation? what time, if any is saved?

question2
Be-sweet sugar company manufactures cane sugar in vancouver. Be-sweet supplies their products all over canada, primary thrpugh a distribution center in a montreal which is 4813 km away. the vancouver refinery ships full truckloads of sugar into the montreal distribution center at $40/cwt. the distribution operation internally charges $12/cwt in labour, handling and insurance for all loads recieved from vancouver. a customer in saskatoon orders less than a truckload quantity and has tradition been serviced from the montreal distribution center at rate of $25/cwt. the corporate logistics groups has recieved an RFQ from a trucling firm that indicates that they will 1578 km at $105/cwt to fullfill the saskatoon order.
1-deteine the distance from vancouver where the shipping cost is indifferent?
2- determine the kost cost effective way for be-sweet sugar company to supply the saskatoon customer?
3- what is the short ton cost of shipping a full truck load of sugar from vancouver to montreal?

Answer 1

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