Question: 1. There is a process using 7 resources: A to G. The process flow diagram is below. 30 units/hr 2min B 15 units/hr D

1. There is a process using 7 resources: A to G. The

1. There is a process using 7 resources: A to G. The process flow diagram is below. 30 units/hr 2min B 15 units/hr D umin 1 unit/min C 30 units/hr E AGA 0.5 units/min 15 units/hr 4min F 2min 20 units/hr 3min (a) What is/are the bottleneck(s) of the process and what is the process capacity? (1.5 points) Hint: Pay attention to time units. E is the bottleneck of the process Process capacity is 0.5 units/min (b) What is the cycle time and the flow time of the process? (2 points) I prous capacity min = 60 = 0.5 0.5 (c) Let's assume you can boost (double the work speed) any number of resources any number of times. What is the minimum number of boosts necessary to cut the cycle time you found in part (b) by 50%? Please provide the sequence of your boosts. (2.5 points) Hint: Focus on bottleneck(s). (d) What is the flow time of the new process (after you implemented the boosts from part (c))? (1.5 points)

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