Operations Management - Case Study: Natural Blends Name Course Instructor Date PART A Assume that the production system was running only one size of oranges. Consider just process steps two through four: extraction, filtration, and concentration. (2) (3) (4) 1a.How much orange juice concentrate can be processed in one 8-hour workday? There is a bottleneck in the juice filtration process requiring half an hour for the filter change = [8 hours-(1/2 set up* 4 filter set ups)]* 18,000 pounds per hour =108,000 pounds per day 1b.Assume extraction had previously been setup for the size oranges being processed. How much idle time will there be in the extraction operation during one 8-hour workday? If the extraction process followed the same schedule as the extraction process then would be need to shut down the operations for 30 minutes before it is restarted after having ran for 90 minu
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