The layout of a process consists of two welding machines in parallel, one grinding and one drilling machine. Two panels are released simultaneously to two welding machines where some parts are fined to the panels using these welding machines. The fining operation requires 24 minutes per panel The next step is grinding. Panels are placed in a buffer in front of the grinding machine if the machine is busy. The grinding operation takes 16 minutes per panel. The last step is drilling. After the grinding operation, panels are moved to a buffer in front of the drilling machine if the drilling machine is busy. The dolling operation takes 32 minutes per panel.
- Draw a process flow diagram.
- Draw a Gantt diagram for the production of TWO (2) Panels.
- How long will It take to fill a rush order of one panel?
- What's the hourly capacity of the process?
- Suppose you now have a budget of $303030 buy additional machines to add to the process in order to Increase your capacity as much as possible. The unit prices for the welding, grinding, and drilling machines are all the same, i.e., $1000 each. How are you going to spend the money? Please explain your reason and calculate the new capacity after investment.