Processing Time for C (minutes) Number of Processing Time Processing Time for A (minutes) Resource Workers for B (minutes) 1 5 2 4 4 1 15 1 3 3 5 2 6 4 2. 3. 4.

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Consider a process consisting of five resources that are operated 8 hours per day. The
process works on three different products, A, B, and C: Demand for the three different products is as follows: product A, 40 units per day;
product B, 50 units per day; and product C, 60 units per day.
a. What is the bottleneck?
b. What is the flow rate for each flow unit, assuming that demand must be served in the mix
described above (i.e., for every four units of A, there are five units of B and six units of C)?

Processing Time
for C (minutes)
Number of
Processing Time Processing Time
for A (minutes)
Resource
Workers
for B (minutes)
1
5
2
4
4
1
15
1
3
3
5
2
6
4
2.
3.
4.
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