Consider a two-station production line. Station 1 consists of a single machine with an average processing times of 1 hours per job, while Station 2 have two parallel machines which are identical with average processing times of 2 hours per job. What are the rate of the bottleneck and average raw process time for this line? rb = 1 parts/hour; To=2 hours. rb = 1 parts/hour; To=3 hours. rb = 0.5 parts/hour; To=2 hours. rb = 0.5 parts/hour; To=3 hours.

Consider a two-station production line. Station 1 consists of a single machine with an average processing times of 1 hours per job, while Station 2 have two parallel machines which are identical with average processing times of 2 hours per job. What are the rate of the bottleneck and average raw process time for this line? rb = 1 parts/hour; To=2 hours. rb = 1 parts/hour; To=3 hours. rb = 0.5 parts/hour; To=2 hours. rb = 0.5 parts/hour; To=3 hours.

Practical Management Science

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Chapter4: Linear Programming Models

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