Section 22 Transfer Batches

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In Section 21 we assumed that the next operation starts and stops X hours after the previous operation starts and stops. In this example we use more sophisticated calculations. Each product has a different transfer batch size. The first transfer batch emerges from the previous operation after a time determined by the units per hour of the previous operation. It then takes X minutes to transfer the batch to the next work centre, so that the next operation can start. If the quantity to be produced is not a multiple of the transfer batch size, then the last batch will be smaller. The previous operation will stop, and the last batch will take X minutes to be transferred to the next work centre, where is will pass through the next operation after a time determined by the units per hour of the next operation.

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