Lampost Manufacturing Provides the Following Information: to Produce a Unit

Essay

Lampost Manufacturing provides the following information: To produce a unit of product:
Mixing department 4 minutes per unit
Molding department 7 minutes per unit
Casting department 9 minutes per unit
Finishing department 5 minutes per unit
There is a wait time of 5 minutes before the mixing department begins a batch, 5 minutes between the mixing and molding departments, a move and pre-wait between molding and casting of 10 minutes, and a move and pre-wait between the casting and finishing departments of 8 minutes.
Required:
a. How long does it take to produce a batch of 20 units under a traditional manufacturing approach?
b. What is the bottleneck department?
c. What is the production rate? What is the cycle time of operation?
d. What would be the time to produce the first unit under a cellular manufacturing setup?