Question: A system has five workstations (A, B, C, D, and E) connected in sequence, with process times of 5, 10, 4, 9, and 8 seconds

A system has five workstations (A, B, C, D, and E) connected in sequence, with process times of 5, 10, 4, 9, and 8 seconds per unit each, respectively. Each workstation contains a single machine.

1. which workstation is the bottleneck of the system:

a. Workstation A

b. Workstation B

c. Workstation C

d. Workstation D

2. the system process time of this process is:

a. 5.1 seconds

b. 10 seconds

c. 15 seconds

d. 36 seconds

3. assume Workstation B now contains two machines, each of which can process a 1 unit every 10 seconds. What is the throughput time of this process?

a. 9 seconds

b. 10 seconds

c. 36 seconds

d. 46 seconds

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