Question: A) The throughput time is _____ minutes (enter your response as a whole number). B) The bottleneck time of this work cell is 15 minutes

A) The throughput time is _____ minutes (enter

A) The throughput time is _____ minutes (enter your response as a whole number).

B) The bottleneck time of this work cell is 15 minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number).

C) Station 2 is the bottleneck station.

D) If the firm operates hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of this work cell is 240 units (enter your response as a whole number).

The three-station work cell at Pullman Mfg., Inc. is illustrated in the figure below. It has two machines at station 1 in parallel (i.e., the product needs to go through only one of the two machines before proceeding to station 2). 30 min/unit Station 1 Machine A Station 2 Station 3 6 min/unit 12 min/unit Station 1 Machine B 30 min/unit

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