Submarine Sandwich and Subs Essay Example

the bottleneck.

• Take Orders480 subs per day
• Bun and Meat160 subs per day
• Toppings/Condiments120 * 2 = 240 subs per day
• Bag the Order 240 subs per day

The impact is not a very big one. Even though the Toppings/Condiments station now can do 240 subs per day, the Bun and Meat station can only do 160, so that is the maximum output. In effect, Dave increased the capacity of step 3, which shifted the bottleneck to step 2. Order Taking station will go from 1 minute to 2 minutes, and Bun and Meat goes from 3 minutes to 2 minutes.

• Take Orders (60 min. per hour/2 min. per order) *8 hours = 240 subs per day
• Bun and Meat (60 min. per hour/2 min. per order) *8 hours = 240 subs per day
• Toppings/Condiments (60 min. per hour/4 min. per order) *8 hours = 120 subs per day
• Bag the Order (60 min. per hour/2 min. per order) *8 hours = 240 subs per day

There is no benefit to this change. Dave can still only make 120 subs per day since we can only produce 120 per day because that is the limit of the Toppings/Condiments station. In other words, if we don’t affect the output rate of the bottleneck, the capacity of the process does not change. Toppings/Condiments station will go from 4 minutes to 3 minutes, and Bagging goes from 2 minutes to 3 minutes.

• Take Orders (60 min. per hour/1 min. per order) *8 hours = 480 subs per day
• Bun and Meat (60 min. per hour/3 min. er order) *8 hours = 160 subs per day
• Toppings/Condiments (60 min. per hour/3
  

min. per order) *8 hours = 160 subs per day

There is a benefit to this change. Dave can now make 160 subs per day. This will provide the same benefit as hiring another worker. However, if Dave wants to increase output further, he will have to hire some additional staff. In this case, the proposed change does affect the bottleneck so that processing capacity does increase.