Question: A bread - making factory has the production process shown in the figure below. There are five operations in sequence. The product only needs to

A bread-making factory has the production process shown in the figure below. There are five operations in sequence. The product only needs to go through one of the parallel machines in each case where parallel machines exist. Assume 8 hours per day, 7 days per week, what is the weekly capacity of the process?
Short description:A block diagram displays the sequence of steps for bread-making process which are placed horizontally. Long description:The flow chart starts with two blocks which are placed in parallel in step 1 and both the blocks read, Mix, 50 minutes per batch. The two blocks in step 1 together branches into three blocks in step 2 and all the three blocks read, Proof, 60 minutes per batch. The three blocks in step 3 together branches into two blocks in step 3 and both the blocks read, Bake, 60 minutes per batch. The two blocks in step 3 together lead to the block in step 4 and that reads, Cut, 35 minutes per batch. The block in step 4 branches into two blocks in step 5 and both the blocks read, Pack, 40 minutes per batch.
Question 4 options:
56 batches
112 batches
96 batches
67 batches
84 batches

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