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3,8,9,21,22,26,30
Home Assignment No. 5
Numericals on Constraint Management
1.


Answer
a. Machine B
b. All of M and as many of N as possible.
c. $600 , 100 M & 30 N

2. Willard Lock Company is losing market share because of horrendous due-date performance and
long delivery lead times. The company's inventory level is high and includes many finished
goods that do not match the short-term orders. Material control analysis shows that purchasing
has ordered on time, the vendors have delivered on time, and the scrap/rework rates have been as
expected. However, the build-able mix of components and subassemblies does not generally
match the short-term and past-due requirements at final assembly. End-of-month expediting and
overtime are the rule, even though there is idle time early in the month. Overall efficiency figures
are around 70 percent for the month. These figures are regarded as too low. You have just been
hired as a consultant and must come up with recommendations. Help the firm understand its
problems. Specifically state some actions that it should be taken.
Answer
The company can go for the following actions
1) Go for Pull Production System
2) JIT-Kanban System Implementation
3) Adapting Lean Manufacturing
4) Rationalizing Line Balancing
5) Levelling of work releases
6) Improving M/C reliability
7) Splitting of Jobs
8) Sharing transfer batches
9) Synchronized finite capacity scheduling
10) Operation Splitting
11) Bottle neck oriented scheduling
12) Reducing Batch Size
13) Improving Labour Flexibility
14) Selective Inventory Control
15) Layout Modifications