Question: A manufacturing facility makes a product, the manufacturing process for which consists of tasks A, ... , H and requires that these be completed in

A manufacturing facility makes a product, the

A manufacturing facility makes a product, the manufacturing process for which consists of tasks A, ... , H and requires that these be completed in an order that obeys a set of precedence requirements. The following table gives the performance time in minutes/unit and the preceding task(s) for tasks A, ..., H. Task Performance Time (minutes/unit) Preceding Task A 3 n/a B 5 n/a 6 A, B D 3 E 3 D F 5 D G 5 E, F H 5 G The facility operates 7 hours/shift, 2 shifts per day, 6 days a week. If each task is assigned to a unique work station (i.e. there are eight workstations), what is the throughput, i e. the number of units that can be manufactured per week

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