The three-station work cell illustrated in the figure below has a product that must go through one of the two machines at station 1 (they are parallel) before proceeding to station 2. a) The bottleneck time of the system is minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number). b) is the bottleneck station. c) The throughput time is minutes (enter your response as a whole number). d) If the firm operates 9 hours per day, 5 days per week, the weekly capacity of this work cell is units (enter your response as a whole number).
The three-station work cell illustrated in the figure below has a product that must go through one of the two machines at station 1 (they are parallel) before proceeding to station 2. a) The bottleneck time of the system is minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number). b) is the bottleneck station. c) The throughput time is minutes (enter your response as a whole number). d) If the firm operates 9 hours per day, 5 days per week, the weekly capacity of this work cell is units (enter your response as a whole number).
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The three-station work cell illustrated in the figure below has a product that must go through one of the two machines at station 1 (they are parallel) before proceeding to station 2.
a) The bottleneck time of the system is
minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number).
minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number).
b) is the bottleneck station.
c) The throughput time is
minutes (enter your response as a whole number).
minutes (enter your response as a whole number).
d) If the firm operates
9 hours per day, 5 days per week, the weekly capacity of this work cell is
units (enter your response as a whole number).
Transcribed Image Text:This diagram illustrates a production workflow involving three stations, each with specific capacities.
**Station 1:**
- Consists of two machines:
- Machine A with a capacity of 30 units per hour.
- Machine B also with a capacity of 30 units per hour.
- Both machines feed into Station 2.
**Station 2:**
- Has a capacity of 6 units per hour.
- Receives input from both Machine A and Machine B of Station 1.
- Outputs to Station 3.
**Station 3:**
- Has a capacity of 2 units per hour.
- Receives input solely from Station 2.
**Workflow Explanation:**
The workflow begins at Station 1, where either Machine A or Machine B processes up to 30 units per hour. The processed items are then sent to Station 2, which can handle only 6 units per hour despite the higher input capacity. Finally, the output from Station 2 is sent to Station 3, which further reduces the processing capacity to 2 units per hour. This illustrates how bottlenecks can occur in a production line when downstream stations have lower capacities than upstream stations.
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