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'Level Operations, minute company located in Pennsylvania, manufacturers a variety of security devices and safes. Several contrasting role models of safes (S7-S8-S9-S1-S2) be available for purchase and collectible to increased demand the intersection forwardness has been enlarged to accommodate the additional outturn needs. Production manager Stephanie Cole mustiness determine the best production measuring rod per rack for each day of the week. She understands that part completed safes are not permitted (each roulette wheel must turn out undefiled rolls/seconds). Stephanie consulted the engineering department; they have find the best production sequence is S7-S8-S9-S1-S2.Stephanie must comprehend the large picture of production demand in order to attend the product availability to meet the needed demand. The ultimate goal should be a balanced operation system. One that makes the lick time as short as possible, eradicate disruptions and eliminate waste (excess inv entory)(Stevenson,2012). Stephanie was condition weekly quantity demands; she must early break those numbers down to day-by-day production demands, determine the number of cycles to draw daily, and how many of each safe model to produce in any tending(p) cycles as shown in Figure 1. The cycle time should be set to adequate the takt time.Takt time is defined as â€Å"the cycle time needed to match customer demand for final products” (Stevenson, 2012). By tho running three cycles per day, the company is producing few inventories. Additionally, the company is practicing lean production techniques by not allowing work-in-process inventory (reducing carry be and space requirements) and lot sizes are atrophied; yielding the similar benefits but overly exhibiting better quality control and marginal inspection time if errors do arise. Stephanie has unflinching the best production quantity per cycle for each day of the week (Figure 2).Figure 3 forecasts the quantity deman ded versus the quantity supplied over the fivesome week time frame. Model S8 and S9 are showing excessive inventories. However, by apply a lean flexible production system Stephanie has the ability to hang the units do during each cycle. By waiting to decrease the units per cycle till the later weeks in the production timeline; Stephanie is eliminating waste, and reducing the possibility of bottlenecks effectuate in the starting days of production. solely other models are meeting their come out numbers creating zero excessive inventories.\r\n'