Jeffries Hardwood Flooring
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Can the current manufacturing operation produce 5000 sqft (or 2500, 4ЎЇx 5-3/4ÐŽ± boards) of tri laminating Flooring per month? Why or why not?
Assumption: 8 Working Hours per Day, 5 Working Days per Month
Terms Used:
Boards = (4 feet by 5-3/4 inch)
Min = Minute
Ft = Feet
CP = Capacity of a work station
HRS = Hours
CP1-Cutting of Lumber from Table Saw: 10 ft/ min ÐŽÑŠ 600ft/ hr
600ft / 12ft = 50 (12 ft boards) ÐŽÑŠ 50*3 pieces per twelve feet board = 150 Boards
150 boards/hr
1200 boards/day
*NOTE: As Jeffries want to achieve a goal of selling 5000 square feet of Hardwood Flooring per month, he would want to determine whether or not his current manufacturing unit has that capacity. The Surface Area per board is 2 square feet, so the Number of Boards that would make a total of 5000 sqft would be 5000/2 = 2500 Boards.
Hrs for cutting 2500 Boards: 150 boards / hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/150 = 16.67
16.67 hrs for 2500 Boards,
ÐŽÑŠDays = 16.67/8 = 2.08 days
2.08 Days
CP2 – Cutting by Radial Arm Saw: 3600 Cuts / Day ÐŽÑŠ 2 Cuts per board of 12 ft as it has to cut one small board equal to: 4 feet by 5-3/4 inch. If there are 3600 cuts, then 3600/2 = 1800 boards of 12ft. With 3 pieces coming out of 4ЎЇ 5-3/4ÐŽ± ÐŽÑŠ 1800*3= 5400 Boards/ Day
675 boards/hr
Hrs for cutting 2500 Boards: 675 boards / hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/675= 3.7hrs
3.7 hours for 2500 boardsЎЇ
ÐŽÑŠ Days= 3.7/8 = 0.46 days
0.46 Days
CP3 – Planning: 12ft/min = 3 boards/min ÐŽÑŠ 180 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 1440/day
Hrs for planning 2500 boards: 180 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/180= 13.88hrs
13.88 hrs for 2500 boards;
ÐŽÑŠ Days= 13.88/8 = 1.73 days
1.73 Days
CP4 ÐC Thin Cut Machine: 40 ft/min = 10 boards/min ÐŽÑŠ 600 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 4800/day
Hrs for cutting 2500 boards: 600 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/600 = 4.17 hrs
4.17 hrs for 2500 boards;
ÐŽÑŠ Days = 4.17/8 = 0.52 days
0.52 Days
CP5 ÐC Plywood Cutting: 16 Boards in 7 Min ÐŽÑŠ 16/7 boards in 1 minute
2.28 board/min ÐŽÑŠ 137.14 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 1097.14 boards/Day
Hrs for cutting 2500 boards: 137.14 board/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/137 = 18.25 hrs
18.25 hrs for cutting 2500 boards;
ÐŽÑŠ Days = 18.25/8 = 2.28 Days
2.28 days
CP6 ÐC Gluing; 2 people Glue 80 boards in 20 Minutes so in 60 minutes they would glue 80*3= 240 boards/hrs ÐŽÑŠ 1920 boards/day
Hrs for gluing 2500 boards: 240 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/240 = 10.42 hrs
1042 hrs for gluing 2500 boards;
ÐŽÑŠ Days = 10.42/8 = 1.30days
1.30 Days
CP7 ÐC Pressing: 120 boards at a time. Kept for 2 hours ÐŽÑŠ 60 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 480boards/day
Hrs for Pressing 2500 Boards: 60 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/60 = 41.6 hrs
41.6 hrs for pressing 2500 boards
ÐŽÑŠ Days = 41.6/8 = 5.21 Days
5.21 Days
CP8 ÐC Planning2: 1 board in 5 sec ÐŽÑŠ 12 boards/min ÐŽÑŠ 720boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 5760/Day
Hrs for Planning 2500 Boards: 720 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/720 = 3.47 hr
3.47 hrs for planning 2500 boards
ÐŽÑŠ Days = 3.47/8 = 0.43
0.43 Days
CP9 ÐC Moulding1: 40ft/min = 10 boards/min ÐŽÑŠ 600 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 14400/day
Hrs for Moulding 2500 boards: 600 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/600 = 4.17hrs
4.17 hrs for moulding 2500 boards
ÐŽÑŠ Days = 4.17/8 = 0.52 Days