Question: A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) machine installs integrated circuits onto a board. Before starting to produce a board, the PCB machine requires a 20 minute

A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) machine installs integrated circuits onto a board. Before starting to produce a board, the PCB machine requires a 20 minute setup. Once in production, the PCB machine requires only 0.15 minutes per board.

(Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

a. Currently, the PCB machine produces 500 boards between setups. Given this operating process, what is the capacity of the PCB machine (in boards per min)? ____ boards per minute (Round your percentage answer to 2 decimal places.)

b. Currently, the PCB machine produces 500 boards between setups. Given this operating process, what is the utilization of the PCB machine? _____ % (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

c. Demand for boards occurs at the rate of 2 boards per minute. What is the smallest batch size such that the PCB machine does not constrain the flow rate through the process? _____ batch size

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