A production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing is shown
in Figure S7.9 (Links to an external site.). The drilling
operation occurs separately from, and simultaneously with, sawing
and sanding, which are independent and sequential operations. A
product needs to go through only one of the three assembly
operations (the operations are in parallel).
a. Which operation is the bottleneck?
[ Select ] ["Welding",
"Assembly", "Sanding", "Sawing"]
b. What is the bottleneck time?
[ Select ] ["30", "85.71", "40",
"10"] minutes
c. What is the throughput time of the overall
system? [ Select ]
["140.71", "135.71", "276.42",
"155.89"] minutes
d. If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 20 days per month, what
is the monthly capacity of the manufacturing process?
[ Select ]
["320", "300", "240", "333"] units
Figure S7.9 Assembly Sawing Sanding 0.7 units/hr 6 units/hr 6 units/hr Assembly Welding 2 units/hr 0.7 units/hr Drilling 2.4 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hr
A production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing is shown in Figure S7.9 (Links to an external site.). The drilling ope
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