Question: Since Jack believes that Work Center 3 is his bottleneck, he has asked you to do the following: (a) Calculate the percentage of planned output
Since Jack believes that Work Center 3 is his bottleneck, he has asked you to do the following:
(a) Calculate the percentage of planned output needed to complete the planned inputs (planned input + backlog/planned output) at Work Center 3.
(b) Calculate the percentage of planned input that actually happened (actual input + backlog/planned input + backlog).
(c) Calculate the percentage of available output that was actually accomplished (actual output/planned output) at Work Center 3.
(d) Given your results, do you believe that Jack is correct in assuming that Work Center 3 is his bottleneck? Justify your answer.
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