c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with the second machine at workstation 2 is 24 units (enter your response as a whole number).
c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with the second machine at workstation 2 is 24 units (enter your response as a whole number).
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The Pullman Mfg., Inc. three-station work cell illustrated in the figure below has two machines at station 1 in parallel. (The product needs to go through only one of the two machines before proceeding to station 2.)
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![20 min/unit
Station 1
Machine A
Station 2
Station 3
Station 1
12 min/unit
8 min/unit
Machine B
20 min/unit
The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at
station 2.
a) The throughput time of the new work cell is 40 minutes (enter your response as a whole
number).
b) The bottleneck time of the new work cell is 10 minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole
number).
c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with
the second machine at workstation 2 is 24 units (enter your response as a whole number).](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F425a9a45-7c16-4159-a26d-51882221639a%2Fb89ff2ec-cd24-4ea2-bf0b-3ddbfcebe392%2Fhy1mvtug_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:20 min/unit
Station 1
Machine A
Station 2
Station 3
Station 1
12 min/unit
8 min/unit
Machine B
20 min/unit
The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at
station 2.
a) The throughput time of the new work cell is 40 minutes (enter your response as a whole
number).
b) The bottleneck time of the new work cell is 10 minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole
number).
c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with
the second machine at workstation 2 is 24 units (enter your response as a whole number).
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