
a)
To explain: The difference of throughput time as it moves from a work center to an assembly line environment.
Throughput time:
It is the total time required by a product to pass through the manufacturing process from the raw materials stage to finished goods.
b)
To explain: The difference of capital and labor intensity as it moves from a work center to an assembly line environment.
Capital and labor intensity:
Capital intensity is the total amount of fixed or real capital present with respect to other factors of production.
Labor intensity s the relative proportion of the total labor utilized in a process.
c)
To explain: The difference of bottlenecks as it moves from a work center to an assembly line environment.
Bottlenecks:
It is the phenomenon where the capacity of an entire system is affected by a single or due to a limited amount of resources.

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