Capacity utilization

1.2 The concept of ‘capacity’ and ‘capacity utilization’ Capacity is very important but least understood concept in manufacturing and business world (Klammer,1996). Different categories of people in business and manufacturing measure capacity differently. For example, some financial managers might measure plant capacity in terms of the equipment installed in the plant while operational supervisors might measure capacity in terms of worker efficiency. Klein & Summers ,(1996) defined an organization’s

Review of the capacity’s Current Situation The overall capacity utilization at EMC is at 92% which lies above the 80-85% normal threshold. The 92% arises from a range of processes for its production. The blanking machine category accounts for 75% while the plastic molding category accounts for 93%. Packaging, Packing and Assembly are almost 80%. On the other hand the finishing processes are near 88%. The departments were operating at an hour shift of forty hours. Departments, on weekly basis often

which use chloride manufacturing process. Three factors related to production will settle the cost advantage of titanium dioxide manufacturing. They are Economic of Scale, Capacity Utilization Rate and Experience Curve Effects. Economic of Scale : Total Output / Plants Numbers Capacity Utilization Rate : Total Output / Total Capacity Experience Curve Effects : Cumulative Output (production) Each of these factors in the production process has positive but decreasing

Time | 70 sec | 55 sec | 50 sec | 35 sec | 60 sec | Capacity | 0.0143 | 0.0182 | 0.0200 | 0.0286 | 0.0167 |   | 0.858 unit/min | 1.092 unit/min | 1.2 unit/min | 1.716 unit/min | 1.002 unit/min | Process Capacity | 0.858 unit/min | | | | | E) A 5th worker is hired. What is the capacity of the line now? 1/70 or 0.0143 unit per second (0.858 unit per minute) F) Tasks can now be performed in any order. What is the maximum capacity that can be achieved? 1/60 or 0.0167 unit/sec (1.002

By examining Exhibit 4.7, it is apparent that the hospital’s capacity utilization is roughly 71.43%. On Mondays and Fridays, 60 of the 90 beds are utilized (66%). Tuesdays through Thursdays, all 90 beds are being used (100%), while 30 of the beds are being used on Saturdays and Sundays (33%). If they were using all 90 beds, 7 days a week,

8 hours a day, the company can produce 60 * 8 * (1/0.5) = 960 shirts, which is the current production capacity. But it needs to produce only 800 shirts. So, the capacity utilization = (800 / 960) * 100 = 83.33% The actual labor utilized = Number of shirts produced * Direct labor content = 800 * 25.76 = 20608 minutes The available labor for utilization = Total number of workers * Hours per day *

Contents Introduction 2 Manzana-Fruitvale performance 2 Operational flow diagram 2 95% SCT vs Mean Time 2 TAT (Turnaround Time) Calculations 3 Capacity Utilization: 5 Late RERUNS and Lost Renewals 6 RAPs to RUNs 7 Recommendations 7   Introduction Manzana Insurance is an 89 year old company founded in the year 1902. In the beginning it specialized in orchard and farm insurance. However, in later years in entered into property-liability insurance and was among the market leaders for more than a decade

Paediatric Orthopaedic Clinic Case report: Paediatric Orthopaedic Clinic Discussion questions : 1- What is capacity utilization at every step in the process? What is the direct resource utilization? Using the data provided in the case, we are able to compile all data necessary to compute the capacity utilization at the clinic. Activity | # of Staff | Available time | Activity time | Number of Patients | Time needed | Utilization10 | | | /Staff | Total | N | F | N | F | N |

more staff versus Afternoon shift. The capacity utilization of MDs on an hourly as well as weekly basis indicate inefficiencies as they are working above capacity i.e. over 100% utilization.   The design capacity used in this calculation may not be accurate as there is no information on daily availability of doctors (we are only told the weekly availability is 150 hours). We could use facility design capacity i.e. treatment rooms to approximate MD utilization.   I chose not to use the treatment rooms

Introduction: Operation Management: Operations Management activities are at the core of all business organizations. Main Tenets of Operation Management: * Facility Management * Capacity Planning * Forecasting * Quality Management * Inventory Management * Resource Management Sodexho Dinning Services: Sodexho, Inc. is the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, serving 10 million customers in 6,000 locations