Question

A work cell at Chris Ellis Commercial Laundry has a workstation with two machines, and each unit produced at the station needs to be processed by both of the machines. (The same unit cannot be worked on by both machines simultaneously.) Each machine has a production capacity of 4 units per hour. What is the process time of the work cell in minutes per unit?

Answer 1

Answer:

30 minutes

Explanation:

Throughput time is the quantity of time required to produce a finished good. It includes time devoted to the manufacturing process, and the time taken to transform the raw material into a final product.

Throughput time = [1 unit × (60 min ÷ 4 units)] × 2

                            = 30 minutes

Therefore, the process time of the work cell is 30 minutes per unit.