Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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ISBN: 9781305970663
Author: Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 20, Problem 22E
A dedicated pharmaceutical plant uses the theory of constraints and has three processes: Mixing, Encapsulating, and Packaging. For Mixing, sufficient materials are released to produce 4,000 packages of product per day. Encapsulating has a buffer inventory of 8,000 units (work in process from Mixing). Packaging produces 4,000 units per day. Which of the three processes sets the production rate of 4,000 units per day?
- a. The Mixing Department
- b. The Encapsulating Department
- c. The Packaging Department
- d. Cannot be determined
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