Consider the two auto manufacturing plants below:
Plant 1: Number of workstations = 90, TAKT time = 1.5 min
Plant 2: Number of workstations = 60, TAKT time = 2 min
Both plants operate 24 X 7, 365 days a year.
a. At the end of 1 year, which plant would have made more cars?
b. How much is the annual output of each plant?
c. How much is the flow time in each plant?
d. How much is the WIP inventory in each plant?