d) Suppose that a second drilling machine is added, and it takes the same time as the original drilling machine. What is the new bottleneck time of the system? e) 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?
d) Suppose that a second drilling machine is added, and it takes the same time as the original drilling machine. What is the new bottleneck time of the system? e) 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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Transcribed Image Text: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").
a) Which operation is the bottleneck?
b) What is the throughput time for the overall system?
Sawing
15 min/unit
Sanding
15 min/unit
Drilling
27 min/unit
c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 22 days per month,
what is the monthly capacity of the manufacturing process?
d) Suppose that a second drilling machine is added, and it
takes the same time as the original drilling machine. What
is the new bottleneck time of the system?
e) 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?
Welding
25 min/unit
Assembly
78 min/unit
Assembly
78 min/unit
Assembly
78 min/unit
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