Question

Bleeding Edge Technologies makes surgical scalpels which are supplied to medical equipment suppliers in boxes. The weekly demand for the scalpels from the distributors is 1000 boxes. The Bleeding Edge factory works two (2) 8-hour shifts daily, 5 days a week. In each shift the workers are given a 30-minute paid lunch break during which no production occurs. The takt time for scalpel boxes is: a. 6.72 minutes b. 4.5 minutes c. 4.8 minutes d. 6.3 minutes

Answer 1

a. 6.72 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

There is total weekly demand for 1000 boxes. The production is assumed to be same as the weekly demand. The factory workers have two shifts for 5 days. The total hours which factory workers work every week is :

5 days * 7.5 hours * 2 shifts = 75 hours per week

1000 / 75 hours = 13.33

13.33 / 2 = 6.72 minutes