c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with the second machine at workstation 2 is 24 units (enter your response as a whole number).

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The Pullman​ Mfg., Inc.​ three-station work cell illustrated in the figure below has two machines at station 1 in parallel.​ (The product needs to go through only one of the two machines before proceeding to station​ 2.)
 
 
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20 min/unit
Station 1
Machine A
Station 2
Station 3
Station 1
12 min/unit
8 min/unit
Machine B
20 min/unit
The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at
station 2.
a) The throughput time of the new work cell is 40 minutes (enter your response as a whole
number).
b) The bottleneck time of the new work cell is 10 minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole
number).
c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with
the second machine at workstation 2 is 24 units (enter your response as a whole number).
Transcribed Image Text:20 min/unit Station 1 Machine A Station 2 Station 3 Station 1 12 min/unit 8 min/unit Machine B 20 min/unit The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 2. a) The throughput time of the new work cell is 40 minutes (enter your response as a whole number). b) The bottleneck time of the new work cell is 10 minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number). c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with the second machine at workstation 2 is 24 units (enter your response as a whole number).
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