"Natural Wonders" is a growing sweet confectioner that has seen demand for its products grow by 120% over the past year. Specifically, demand for its 'flag ship' chocolate bar, "The Coco Dream Bean' has seen demand rocket by 400% over the same period.
As all products are made by hand using only natural ingredients, production is limited. The Cycle Time (CT) for producing one chocolate bar end to end is 1 hour 45 minutes (this includes cooling which takes approximately 40 minutes and wrapping / packing which takes around 10 minutes).
At any one time there are 10 employees working on producing the chocolate bars, and available production time is 8 hours per day. This enables a typical shift to complete anything between 2000 and 3000 bars over this 8 hour period.
Demand for the specialist chocolate bars, including orders placed over the internet, is at present 2200 per day (Monday - Friday). "Natural Wonders" has the option of paying overtime and could implement an additional shift if necessary to meet the increasing demand.
As a Green Belt you want to work out the 'Takt Time' so that you can ascertain whether your manufacturing process can meet the current demand. Your current process has a CP of 2.22 and a CPK of 1.38.
Based on the data provided, which ONE of the answers below show the current "Takt Time" for the specialist chocolate bar?
Select one:
a. Based on the figures provided the current Takt Time is 2200
b. Based on the figures provided the current Takt Time is 4.58 bars per minute
c. It is not possible to calculate the Takt Time with the data provided
d. Based on the figures provided the current Takt Time is 1 hour 45 minutes per bar
e. Based on the figures provided the current Takt Time is 0. bars per minute