Food processing company and its capacity

Question

Assignment:

Process Selection: Product Design and Capacity

• How is process selection related to product design and capacity determination? Your answer must be of 200 to 250 words.

Monique Food Processing Company and Capacity

Problem: The "Monique Food Processing Company" .

Monique Food Processing Company produces light snacks that can be heated in a microwave. The following steps are included in the process:

Steps                       Description                             Capacity (Units/Hour)

1                                  Prepare food                                       200

2              Measure and place in plastic pouch                            175

3                      Prepare cardboard box                                    200

4                      Insert pouch into box                                      300

5                      Shrink-wrap box                                             200

1. What is the system capacity, and which is the bottleneck department?
2. How much slack (unused capacity) is available in other departments?
3. How much system capacity can be gained by adding capacity to the bottleneck?
4. What are the key factors that determine when to add capacity?
5. Why would an organization want to reduce its capacity?

Write your answer in 200 to 250 words for each.