Jeffries Hardwood Flooring

Can the current manufacturing operation produce 5000 sqft (or 2500, 4ЎЇx 5-3/4ÐŽ± boards) of tri laminating Flooring per month? Why or why not?

Assumption: 8 Working Hours per Day, 5 Working Days per Month

Terms Used:

Boards = (4 feet by 5-3/4 inch)

Min = Minute Ft = Feet

CP = Capacity of a work station

HRS = Hours

CP1-Cutting of Lumber from Table Saw: 10 ft/ min ÐŽÑŠ 600ft/ hr

600ft / 12ft = 50 (12 ft boards) ÐŽÑŠ 50*3 pieces per twelve feet board = 150 Boards

150 boards/hr

1200 boards/day

*NOTE: As Jeffries want to achieve a goal of selling 5000 square feet of Hardwood Flooring per month, he would want to determine whether or not his current manufacturing unit has that capacity. The Surface Area per board is 2 square feet, so the Number of Boards that would make a total of 5000 sqft would be 5000/2 = 2500 Boards.

Hrs for cutting 2500 Boards: 150 boards / hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/150 = 16.67

16.67 hrs for 2500 Boards, ÐŽÑŠDays = 16.67/8 = 2.08 days

2.08 Days

CP2 - Cutting by Radial Arm Saw: 3600 Cuts / Day ÐŽÑŠ 2 Cuts per board of 12 ft as it has to cut one small board equal to: 4 feet by 5-3/4 inch. If there are 3600 cuts, then 3600/2 = 1800 boards of 12ft. With 3 pieces coming out of 4ЎЇ 5-3/4ÐŽ± ÐŽÑŠ 1800*3= 5400 Boards/ Day

675 boards/hr

Hrs for cutting 2500 Boards: 675 boards / hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/675= 3.7hrs

3.7 hours for 2500 boardsЎЇ Ўъ Days= 3.7/8 = 0.46 days

0.46 Days

CP3 - Planning: 12ft/min = 3 boards/min ÐŽÑŠ 180 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 1440/day

Hrs for planning 2500 boards: 180 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/180= 13.88hrs

13.88 hrs for 2500 boards; ÐŽÑŠ Days= 13.88/8 = 1.73 days

1.73 Days

CP4 ЁC Thin Cut Machine: 40 ft/min = 10 boards/min Ўъ 600 boards/hr Ўъ 4800/day

Hrs for cutting 2500 boards: 600 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/600 = 4.17 hrs

4.17 hrs for 2500 boards; ÐŽÑŠ Days = 4.17/8 = 0.52 days

0.52 Days

CP5 ЁC Plywood Cutting: 16 Boards in 7 Min Ўъ 16/7 boards in 1 minute

2.28 board/min ÐŽÑŠ 137.14 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 1097.14 boards/Day

Hrs for cutting 2500 boards: 137.14 board/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/137 = 18.25 hrs

18.25 hrs for cutting 2500 boards; ÐŽÑŠ Days = 18.25/8 = 2.28 Days

2.28 days

CP6 ЁC Gluing; 2 people Glue 80 boards in 20 Minutes so in 60 minutes they would glue 80*3= 240 boards/hrs Ўъ 1920 boards/day

Hrs for gluing 2500 boards: 240 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/240 = 10.42 hrs

1042 hrs for gluing 2500 boards; ÐŽÑŠ Days = 10.42/8 = 1.30days

1.30 Days

CP7 ЁC Pressing: 120 boards at a time. Kept for 2 hours Ўъ 60 boards/hr Ўъ 480boards/day

Hrs for Pressing 2500 Boards: 60 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/60 = 41.6 hrs

41.6 hrs for pressing 2500 boards ÐŽÑŠ Days = 41.6/8 = 5.21 Days

5.21 Days

CP8 ЁC Planning2: 1 board in 5 sec Ўъ 12 boards/min Ўъ 720boards/hr Ўъ 5760/Day

Hrs for Planning 2500 Boards: 720 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/720 = 3.47 hr

3.47 hrs for planning 2500 boards ÐŽÑŠ Days = 3.47/8 = 0.43

0.43 Days

CP9 ЁC Moulding1: 40ft/min = 10 boards/min Ўъ 600 boards/hr Ўъ 14400/day

Hrs for Moulding 2500 boards: 600 boards/hr ÐŽÑŠ 2500/600 = 4.17hrs

4.17 hrs for moulding 2500 boards ÐŽÑŠ Days = 4.17/8 = 0.52 Days