The following process is used to produce widgets and gadgets…
The following process is used to produce widgets and gadgets. The solid arrows show the flow path for widgets and the dashed arrows show the flow path for gadgets. Daily demand is for 200 widgets and 150 gadgets. What will be the daily demands on the five resources?
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Metal tags for industrial use are produced in the process shown below. Tags are made for all seven days of the week and each time the stamping machine switches from one day of the week to the next it requires a setup that takes 20 seconds. The polishing machine requires no setups. What batch size should be chosen in order to minimize excess inventory without reducing the overall process flow rate?
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