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

c) _____ is the bottleneck station.

d) If the firm operates 9 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of this work cell is ____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 4 min/unit Station 3 10 min/unit Station 1 Machine B 30 min/unit

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