a) is the bottleneck. 0.8 units/hr b) The bottleneck time is minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places). c) The throughput time of the overall system is minutes (round your response to two decimal places). d) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 20 days per month, the monthly capacity of the manufacturing process is units (enter your response as a whole number).
a) is the bottleneck. 0.8 units/hr b) The bottleneck time is minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places). c) The throughput time of the overall system is minutes (round your response to two decimal places). d) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 20 days per month, the monthly capacity of the manufacturing process is units (enter your response as a whole number).
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![A production process at Brianna Bryant Manufacturing is shown in the figure below. The drilling operation occurs
separately from, and simultaneously with, the sawing and sanding, which are independent sequential operations. A
product needs to go through only one of the three assembly operations (the operations are in parallel).
2 units/hr
Sawing
is the bottleneck.
7 units/hr
Sanding
Drilling
6 units/hr
Welding
2.5 units/hr
Q
Assembly Q
0.8 units/hr
Assembly
0.8 units/hr
Assembly
0.8 units/hr
b) The bottleneck time is minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places).
c) The throughput time of the overall system is minutes (round your response to two decimal places).
d) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 20 days per month, the monthly capacity of the manufacturing process is
units (enter your response as a whole number).](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe48f2cc2-c0df-4180-9b02-9e89bea4a0c0%2F9f705834-2e62-405a-bb63-43408a1409ea%2Fbd6iiaq_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A production process at Brianna Bryant Manufacturing is shown in the figure below. The drilling operation occurs
separately from, and simultaneously with, the sawing and sanding, which are independent sequential operations. A
product needs to go through only one of the three assembly operations (the operations are in parallel).
2 units/hr
Sawing
is the bottleneck.
7 units/hr
Sanding
Drilling
6 units/hr
Welding
2.5 units/hr
Q
Assembly Q
0.8 units/hr
Assembly
0.8 units/hr
Assembly
0.8 units/hr
b) The bottleneck time is minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places).
c) The throughput time of the overall system is minutes (round your response to two decimal places).
d) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 20 days per month, the monthly capacity of the manufacturing process is
units (enter your response as a whole number).
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