1.

SSS Manufacturing has a five station work cell. Station 1 has a production capacity of 3 per hour. Station 2 has a production capacity of 5 per hour. Station 3 has two identical machines, each of which has a production capacity of 2 per hour (each unit only needs to be processed on one of the two machines). Station 4 has a production capacity of 4 per hour. Station 5 has a production capacity of 6 per hour. Which station is the bottleneck station?

		Station 1
		Station 2
		Station 3
		Station 4
		Station 5

2.

While analyzing your performance of the TFC from the last round, you noticed that you had less capacity on the bottling line because your changeover time increased. What decision could cause this increase in changeover time?

		Supplier agreed reliabilty was increased for all components.
		Service level promise to all customers was increased.
		None of the other options would cause changeover time to increase.
		Production intervals were changed from 15 days to 10 days for all products.
		Pallet locations in your outbound warehouse were decreased.

3.

As seen on the following component report for mango, component availability has not yet reached the goal of 99.8% or higher. Based on this information, what would an appropriate response be for the TFC?

		Decrease the trade unit for mango to a drum.
		Decrease the intake time for the inbound warehouse.
		Increase the agreed delivery reliability with your mango supplier.
		Decrease the pallet locations in your inbound warehouse.