OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT W/ MYLAB <C> 2018
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Chapter 7.S, Problem 12P
The three-station work cell at Pullman Mfg., Inc. is illustrated in Figure S7.8. It has two machines at station 1 in parallel (i.e., the product needs to go through only one of the two machines before proceeding to station 2).
Figure S7.8
a) What is the throughput time of this work cell?
b) What is the bottleneck time of this work cell?
c) What is the bottleneck station?
d) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, what the weekly capacity of this work cell?
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