Question: 1. The following diagram represents a manufacturing process, which consists of five production stages, A, B, C, D, and E. Setup times and run times
1. The following diagram represents a manufacturing process, which consists of five production stages, A, B, C, D, and E. Setup times and run times are given in Table 1.

Assume that after processing each lot a new setup is required and all setups are done when a lot arrives to a stage and the company has determined that lot size will be 20 units.
- Identify the bottleneck stage
- What is the cycle time?
- What is the throughput time?
- What is the work-in-process inventory?
- Assume the company is operating three shifts of 8 hours. What is the daily capacity of the operation (at steady state)?
- How much idle time does each stage have?
- What will be the throughput time and work-in-process inventory if idle time at stages are used for setup?
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