Production Bottleneck Shift
Your shift briefing
You are the shift supervisor of a packaging plant with three lines: Line A (200 units/h), Line B (140 units/h) and Line C (180 units/h). Target for the shift is 6000 units with six crew members. Production is already tight when the first problem lands on your desk. Every call you make trades production, cost, risk and safety - there are no free wins today.
Initial conditions
Shift target
6000 units
Crew available
6 technicians
Line capacity
A 200 / B 140 / C 180 units per hour
Shift length
8 hours
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Run the shift
Decision 1/5Production +0Cost +$0Risk 0Safety 0
Line B's photo-eye is intermittent and the line has dropped to about 80% speed. Repairs would stop the line for about one hour; running as-is risks unplanned stoppages all shift.