2. Covid-GTi assembly line performance analysis - ( 24 marks) COVID-19 Disposable Syringes are assembled in lots. (Lot size of 10 pieces per lot). There are several assembly lines, but Eugene wanted to focus on two of the assembly lines that assembles Syringes for COVID vaccination, Covid-GTi. One old assembly line and a second assembly line newly installed. The second line makes use of higher capacity automated assembly equipment but has the same basic four processes as the old line. The four assembly processes are (1), Marking (2) Plunger assembly, (3) Needle assembly, and (4) Testing. The new line has one machine per station while the old line has parallel assembly machin at each of the above four work stations. The processes along with their assembly machine rates, number of machines per station and average process times for a single lot to go through a station (excluding queue time) are given for each line in table 1. (Hint: Pay attention to number of machines in process stations), Over the past few months the old line averaged 316 lots per 8 hour shift and had an average WIP level of 400 lots. The new line has averaged 680 lots per 8 hour shift with an average WIP of 350 lots. Management is dissatisfied with the performance of the old line because it is achieving lower throughput with higher WIP compared to the new line. Your team is not convinced. Carry out the Practical Worst Case (PWC) analysis to identify which is the poor performing assembly line so that the team can prioritize and improve the poor performing assembly line Compare the performance of the two lines to the PWC. What can you conclude about the relative performance of the two lines compared to their capabilities? (Hint: Use Hour as the measure of time; Analyze cach tine) Table 1 Two of the Assembly lines of COVID-19 Disposable syringe