An electric car company operates a manufacturing facility wi

An electric car company operates a manufacturing facility with 160 robots and 3000 employees. The process produces some 500 vehicles each week. It takes a car about 5 days to move from the beginning of the process to the end. The plant operates for 16 hours per day, 5 days a week. What is the cycle time of the process (in minutes per car)?

Solution

Planting operating time per week = 16 hours * 5 days = 80 hours = 4800 minutes per week

Production rate = 500 cars per week

Cycle time of the process = plant operating time / production rate

= 4800/500

= 9.6 minutes per car