A production line at ABC Inc.'s machine shop has five stations. The first station's machine can process a unit (component A) in 8 minutes. The second station's machine continues to process of component A. The second station takes 12 minutes. The third station's machine operates simultaneously but independent from the first and second station. The third station's machine can process a unit (component B) in 14 minutes.

Next, the second station and the third station flow (component A & B) to station four. Station four's machine then incorporates the two components in the manufacturing process. Station four takes 16 minutes. Next station four flows to Station five. Station five has 3 identical areas for shipping (each competed final product only needs to be sent to one of the three areas (they are in parallel). Station 5 (shipping) takes 36 minutes.

a. What station is the bottleneck time and station? [ Select ] ["8 min; station 1 because it takes the least amount of time", "20 min; stations 1 and 2", "36 min; station 5", "16 min; station 4", "14 min; station 3"]

b. What is the throughput? [ Select ] ["48 minutes", "86 minutes", "72 minutes", "66 minutes", "42 minutes"]

c. If ABC's operates 2-8 hours shifts per day and 6 days a week, what is the weekly capacity? [ Select ] ["60 units", "320 units", "80 units", "3.75 units", "360 units"]

d. What if ABC decided reduce one of the shipping areas. What impact would it have on BOTTLENECK [ Select ] ["stations 1 and 2 at 20 minutes", "station 5 at 36 minutes", "No change, the bottleneck remains the same", "station 5 is the bottleneck at 18 minutes", "stations 1, 2 , and 3 at 34 minutes"] ; THROUGHPUT [ Select ] ["no change, throughput is 66 minutes", "throughput is reduced to 48 minutes", "throughout changes to 80 minutes", "no change, throughput is 72 minutes", "no change, throughput is 86 minutes"] ; CAPACITY (same hours and days in letter c.) [ Select ] ["no change, the capacity is the same as calculated with having 3 shipping areas", "320 units", "3.33 units", "300 units", "330 units"]