Question 1: What is the fastest way to manufacture Old Oregon tables using the original crew? How many could be made per day?
Question 2: Would production rates and quantities change significantly if George would allow Randy to perform one of the four functions and make one of the original crew the backup person?
Question 3: What is the fastest time to manufacture a table with the original crew if Cathy is moved to either preparation or finishing?
Question 4: Whoever performs the packaging function is severely underutilized. Can you find a better way of utilizing the four- or five-person crew than either giving each a single job or allowing each to manufacture an entire table? How many tables could be manufactured per day with this scheme?
Reference:
Heizer, J., Render, B., & Munson, C. (2019). Operations management: Sustainability and supply chain management (13th ed.). Pearson.
CASE STUDY - Old Oregon Wood Store
Read the Case Study in Chapter 15 in your textbook and look for this case study at the bottom of the page. Study it carefully and answer the four discussion questions at the end one by one.