Question: 2. Consider the simple 3-station assembly line illustrated below, where the 2 machines at Station 1 are parallel, i.e., the product only needs to go

2. Consider the simple 3-station assembly line

2. Consider the simple 3-station assembly line illustrated below, where the 2 machines at Station 1 are parallel, i.e., the product only needs to go through one of the 2 machines before proceeding to Station 2. (8 points) Station 1 Machine A Capacity: 3 units/hr. Station 2 Station 3 Capacity: 5 units/hr. Capacity: 10 units/hr. Station 1 Machine B Capacity: 3 units/hr. (a) What is the bottleneck time of this process? Which station is it? (2 points) (b) What is the throughput time of this process? (2 points) (c) What is the cycle time and output rate? (4 points)

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