Operations Management
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Author: CACHON, Gerard
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 3, Problem 8PA
Consider a four-step serial process with processing times given in the following list. There is one machine at each step of the process, and this is a machine-paced process.
- Step 1: 25 minutes per unit
- Step 2: 15 minutes per unit
- Step 3: 30 minutes per unit
- Step 4: 20 minutes per unit
Assuming that the process starts out empty, how long will it take (in hours) to complete a batch of 105 units? [LO3-5]
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step 1
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step 3
processing time
0.25min./unit
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setup time
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