Question attached Consider a process consisting of five steps thatmust be performed in sequence with no waitingbetween steps. That is, perform task A first,followed by B, and so on in alphabetical order. Thetask requirements and resource allocations forthese tasks are in the following table.Activity time for a single worker # of(min/unit)StationworkersA102B1163D81E51The manager of this process would like to analyzethe current configuration and identifyopportunities for improvement. To help him,answer the following. (Fill out with numbers only,keep three digits after the decimal if not wholenumbers):What is the bottleneck?(Fill out with letter in thisproblem)What is the capacity of this process?What is the flow time in mins?What is the cycle time in mins?

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