Monique Food Processing Company produces light snacks that can be heated in a microwave. The following steps are included in the process:

Steps                                 Description                                                                   Capacity (Units/Hour)

1                                           prepare food                                                                  200

2                                        Measure and place in plastic pouch                               175

3                                         Prepare cardboard box                                                   200

4                                         Insert Pouch into box                                                       300

5                                          shrink wrap box                                                               200

•  What is the system capacity, and which is the bottleneck department?
• How much slack (unused capacity) is available in other departments?
• How much system capacity can be gained by adding capacity to the bottleneck?
• What are the key factors that determine when to add capacity?
• Why would an organization want to reduce its capacity?
•  What is the system capacity, and which is the bottleneck department?
• How much slack (unused capacity) is available in other departments?
• How much system capacity can be gained by adding capacity to the bottleneck?
• What are the key factors that determine when to add capacity?
• Why would an organization want to reduce its capacity?

Make and include ALLLLLLLL calculations…..