Please do fast ASAP fast The Wacky Widget Company manufactures widgets.Manufacturing widgets takes four steps, done in order. Eachworkstation for each step can work on one widget at a time.The number of workstations for each step, as well as the flowtime through each step, in minutes:Step # of workstationsFlow Time (min)1738213634334432Demand for the widgets is steady at a rate of 0.14widgets/min; the supply of raw materials is steady at a rate of0.18 widgets/min.What is the throughput rate of the supply chain?(Please use at least four significant figures in your calculations.)

Given data Demand rate = 0.14 widgets per minute The supply rate of the raw material = 0.18…

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