4. 3
■ Factory is up 312 days/year.
■ No translational motion for operators.
■ Stations sequences are Asynchronous.
■ Machine setup time is zero.
■ Minimum quantity produced/station = 1.
■ All stations are processing in sequence except pa (op420, op520, op530, op540, op550, op710).
■ Up Time = 93.9 %.
■ Factory Capacity Final Goal = 60,000 units annually (192 units/day).
Line Efficiency and Cycle Time Analysis Results
1. Capacity Goal = 30 K units annually
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In-house vs. Chrysler Factory model
30 K /year 50 K /year 60 K /year 70 K /year
In-house 860A,
860B
860A,860B 520, 140, 860A,
860B
70,110,130,520,140,850
,860A,860B
Chrysler 860A 100, 850 70 70, 110, 130
Conclusions and Recommendations
The Factory is Capable of producing 30,000 units annually with no issues, but
optimizations opportunity is available by combining the low cycle time stations
in the loops called “Main Assy, Gear Train, TBU”.
Regarding the 50,000 annual production goal; all loops are capable of achieving
that except stations called “OP860A, OP860B” are exceeding the production
Takt Time Margin, to reach the production goal; the cycle time for these stations
need to be reduced by at least 30%.
To achieve a 60,000 annual production, the pallets blocking need be cleared
from “TBU loop” by reducing cycle times of stations “OP860A, OP860B” by 40%.
Op520 and OP140 are exceeding the Takt time which need to be fixed as well.
For the stretched production goal of 70,000 units/year, “TBU Loop” stations
op860A, 860B are causing blockage, while “Main Assy Loop” stations OP70,110,
130, 520, 140, are passing Takt Margin.