Parcel Guard: Keeping up with
Demand
Case Study Analysis with Solutions
MOS 3330,
, 1. In Martinelli’s case, her problem is the demand is going to exceed the capacity soon.
Martinelli has to solve the issue within a week in order to see if she needs to order new
equipment to meet the demand. Since Martinelli is the vice-president at Danby, she has the
ability to estimate the demand, do observations on daily/weekly production in order to do the
planning, and act as a leader to figure out solutions to help the company to reach its goal.
2. The process flow diagram for Parcel Guard production
3. Capacity and utilization for all resources in the process
Assume daily work time: 8 hours Weekly work time: 5 days
Assemble Assemble Door Wiring and Testing Packaging
cabinet & door installation electrical
welding & wire assembly
harness
Operator 1 1 1 1 1 1
(Each line)
Processing 6.67 6.4 8.1 7.06 6.5 5.67
Time
(mins)
Capacity 9 9.38 7.41 8.5 9.23 10.58
units/hour bottleneck
Capacity 9*8hrs 9.38*8hrs 7.14*8hrs 8.5*8hrs 9.23*8hrs 10.58*8hrs
units/week *5 days *5 days *5 days *5 days *5 days *5 days
*2 *2 *2 operators *2 *2 *2
operators operators = 593 operators operators operators
Demand
Case Study Analysis with Solutions
MOS 3330,
, 1. In Martinelli’s case, her problem is the demand is going to exceed the capacity soon.
Martinelli has to solve the issue within a week in order to see if she needs to order new
equipment to meet the demand. Since Martinelli is the vice-president at Danby, she has the
ability to estimate the demand, do observations on daily/weekly production in order to do the
planning, and act as a leader to figure out solutions to help the company to reach its goal.
2. The process flow diagram for Parcel Guard production
3. Capacity and utilization for all resources in the process
Assume daily work time: 8 hours Weekly work time: 5 days
Assemble Assemble Door Wiring and Testing Packaging
cabinet & door installation electrical
welding & wire assembly
harness
Operator 1 1 1 1 1 1
(Each line)
Processing 6.67 6.4 8.1 7.06 6.5 5.67
Time
(mins)
Capacity 9 9.38 7.41 8.5 9.23 10.58
units/hour bottleneck
Capacity 9*8hrs 9.38*8hrs 7.14*8hrs 8.5*8hrs 9.23*8hrs 10.58*8hrs
units/week *5 days *5 days *5 days *5 days *5 days *5 days
*2 *2 *2 operators *2 *2 *2
operators operators = 593 operators operators operators
