Process Analysis (Introduction)

In this exercise, we use a simple penny fabrication example to introduce:

1.       Basic terminology for analyzing the flow of material within a production process

2.       Little's law

At the end of this exercise, the student should be able to:

1.       Compute lead time of a job

2.       Compute the capacity of a workstation/production line

3.       Compute the throughput of a workstation/production line

4.       Compute the utilization of a workstation/production line

5.       Map the states of a production line

6.       Identify steady state in production processes

7.       Compute average WIP in a production line

8.       Apply Little's law