Home Depot sets up a temporary team to assemble emergency relief kits to be sold before snowstorm. The team uses the following four-step process to assemble the kits. Step 1 involves assembling material for the kit. Step 2 involves testing the material in the kit to ensure that it is defect-free and uncontaminated. Step 3 involves sealing the kit. Step 4 involves attaching an RFID tag for traceability. There is a storage bin between each two steps to hold work-in-process inventory. Each storage bin can hold as many kits as needed.

The numbers of workers at the four stations are 2, 3, 2, and 1, respectively. Workers work independently and in parallel.Each worker works at full capacity whenever needed.

Step 1 15 mins/kit 2 workers

Step 2 30 mins/kit 3 workers

Step 3 8 mins/kit 2 workers

Step 4 3 mins/kit 1 worker

The demand of the kit is very high, and Home Depot only processes as much as it can with the current schedule.

2. Where is the bottleneck? explain
4. Given the current setup and schedule, how many kits can Home Depot produce every day assuming 8 hours per day? show work