(a) T. Smunt Manufacturing Corp. has the process displayed below. The drilling operation occurs separately from and simultaneously with the sawing and sanding operations. The product only needs to go through one of the three assembly operations (the assembly operations are "parallel").

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(a) T. Smunt Manufacturing Corp. has the process displayed below. The drilling operation occurs
separately from and simultaneously with the sawing and sanding operations. The product only
needs to go through one of the three assembly operations (the assembly operations are
"parallel").
ASSEMBLY
SAWING
SANDING
78 min/unit
15 min/unit
15 min/unit
WELDING
ASSEMBLY
DRILLING
25 min/unit
78 min/unit
27 min/unit
ASSEMBLY
78 min/unit
1. Which operation is the bottleneck?
2. What is the throughput time for the overall system?
3. If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 22 days per month, what is the monthly capacity
of the manufacturing process?
4. Suppose that a second drilling machine is added, and it takes the same time as the
original frilling machine. What is the new bottleneck time of the system?
5. Suppose that a second drilling machine is added, and it takes the same time as the
original drilling machine. What is the new throughput time?
Transcribed Image Text:(a) T. Smunt Manufacturing Corp. has the process displayed below. The drilling operation occurs separately from and simultaneously with the sawing and sanding operations. The product only needs to go through one of the three assembly operations (the assembly operations are "parallel"). ASSEMBLY SAWING SANDING 78 min/unit 15 min/unit 15 min/unit WELDING ASSEMBLY DRILLING 25 min/unit 78 min/unit 27 min/unit ASSEMBLY 78 min/unit 1. Which operation is the bottleneck? 2. What is the throughput time for the overall system? 3. If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 22 days per month, what is the monthly capacity of the manufacturing process? 4. Suppose that a second drilling machine is added, and it takes the same time as the original frilling machine. What is the new bottleneck time of the system? 5. Suppose that a second drilling machine is added, and it takes the same time as the original drilling machine. What is the new throughput time?
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