Chapter 5: Flow Rate and Capacity Analysis 5.1 Objective Chapter 3 introduced the three basic building blocks of process flow namely the (average) flow time‚ (average) flow rate and (average) inventory. It is followed by a sequence of three chapters‚ 4‚ 5 and 6‚ which examine each one of these measures individually. Chapter 5 is concerned with flow rate analysis and issues of capacity. The major managerial concept discussed in the in the chapter is that of the bottleneck. We use the notion
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Introduction According to a case study cited by Staudt and Stranz (2009)‚ Ocean Spray Cranberries‚ Inc is an agricultural cooperative owned by more than 750 cranberry growers in the United States and Canada. The company produces canned and bottled juice‚ juice drinks and food products at distribution centers in Bordentown‚ New Jersey; Kenosha‚ Wisconsin; Sulphur Springs‚ Texas; and Henderson‚ Nevada. August is usually a challenging month for Ocean Spray Cranberries‚ Inc.‚ when the Lakeville‚ Massachusetts-based
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National Cranberry Cooperative 2. The resource with least capacity determines the maximum long-term achievable throughput rate. Because wet and dry berries follow different routes at RP#1 there will be a maximum achievable throughput for each. The capacity of the dryers is the bottleneck for the wet berries. The maximum throughput for wet berries is 600 bbls/hr. For dry berries the separation process is the bottleneck. The maximum throughput for dry berries is 1200 bbls/hr. The percentage
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In the song ‘Zombie’ by The Cranberries‚ it has a story behind it like many other songs. The singer‚ who also happened to be the songwriter‚ is named Dolores O’Riordan. In an interview‚ she stated she wrote this song in protest of how “... innocent people are being harmed.” She took a larger stand for that viewpoint after she witnessed a mother getting her child taken away during the IRA bombing and England and Ireland War. It impacted the singer emotionally; as a result‚ it motivated her to write
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IB Math Studies IA Is Capital Punishment a Deterrent? | Murder Rates compared with Execution Rates in Texas‚ and on a National Level | | The United States of America is one of the only democratic countries that still use capital punishment. This has raised a rather extensive debate‚ especially over the last 4 decades. I became interested in this issue in 2011 after the controversy surrounding the execution of Troy Davis‚ and the issue has remained. In my research‚ one argument
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Goodrich-Rabobank Interest Rate Swap In 1983‚ both B.F. Goodrich and Rabobank needed to execute external financing in order to raise 50 million dollars for ongoing operations. Goodrich wanted to raise the money through debt financing‚ but because their bonds were BBB- rated‚ they would have to pay a steep interest rate for a fixed rate. However‚ the Solomon brothers had an idea. Goodrich could borrow with a floating rate that was tied to LIBOR and then swap interest payments with a Euromarket
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NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY1 Tom Kurtis‚ Manager of Customer Service for National Insurance Company‚ and his assistant‚ Jill Baxter were getting ready to analyze data collected through a mail survey of a sample of National’s customers. The primary purpose of the survey was to ascertain how customers perceived National’s quality of service and to identify areas for improvement. THE COMPANY National Insurance Company is one of the leading insurance firms in the United States. It serves over 10 million
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NICHOLAS LANDRY WILL MACHADO JO WEN JON WIKSTROM Van Horn’s Storied Past •National Convenience Stores • top 20 in U.S. in size • 725 stores in 6 cities: Houston‚ San Antonio‚ Dallas Ft. Worth‚ Austin‚ Los Angeles‚ Atlanta • gas‚ lottery‚ alcohol‚ & other high inventory turnover items • customers stop in for a few items and want fast service •President & CEO Pete Van Horn Strategy • superior quality products • remodel stores according to 3 demographics • eateries • value pricing
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National Semiconductor Case Study HBS Background National Semiconductor (NSC)‚ based in Santa Clara‚ California‚ manufactures integrated circuits in analog and mixed signal chips. NSC established the India Design Center (IDC) in Bangalore in 1995 to capitalize on the availability of a low cost and highly specialized labor force. 2002 has not been a good year for NSC‚ resulting in a net loss of $122 million. The IDC has gradually become NSC’s fastest growing overseas design house and is the
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What is Morphology? LING 201 §Definition: the study of the construction of words out of morphemes Morphology Janice Fon The Ohio State University 1 Morphemes (I) 2 Morphemes (II) §Definition: smallest linguistic unit that has a meaning or grammatical function l l free morpheme: morphemes that can stand alone as words (ex) clock‚ sick bound morpheme: morphemes that always attach to other morphemes‚ never existing as words themselves (ex) -ly‚ non- Morpheme (according
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