Question: 08.5 (ITAT) Consider the following two production processes making an electronic compon for a navigation system. Both processes consist of 20 stations and operate at

08.5 (ITAT) Consider the following two production
08.5 (ITAT) Consider the following two production
08.5 (ITAT) Consider the following two production processes making an electronic compon for a navigation system. Both processes consist of 20 stations and operate at a cycle time 1 minute/unit. Their most error prone operation is step 9. Process 1: Has a final inspection at the end of the process and has about 300 units of inventory between step 9 and the inspection. Process 2: Has each worker check the work of the previous steps and about 50 units of inventory between step 9 and the end of the process, roughly equally distributed across the remainder of the process. What would be the information turnaround time for a defect made at station 9? [8.4]

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