Question: a ) What is the bottleneck in the process show your work by demonstrating the workload by product and station Workstation Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta

a) What is the bottleneck in the process show your work by demonstrating the workload by product and station
Workstation
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Total Load
Workstation 1
10*200=2000
5*150=750
20*225=4500
7250
Workstation 2
5*200=1000
20*250=5000
15*150=2250
5*225=1125
9375
Workstation 3
15*200=3000
10*250=2500
5*150=750
10*225=2250
8500
Workstation 4
10*200=2000
0
20*150=3000
10*225=2250
7250
Workstation 2 has the bottleneck
b) Using the traditional (margin) based model what is the order of priority of the 4 products, and how many of each can they produce BY MONTH. Show your math for determining the order of priority and for determining the number of units
Product
Selling Price
Price
Variable Cost
Contribution Margin
Alpha
80
10
80-10=70
70/80=0.875
Bravo
95
10
95-10=85
85/95=0.895
Charlie
90
8
90-8=82
82/90=0.911
Delta
70
5
70-5=65
86/70=0.929
Order of priority from highest to lowest
Delta
Charlie
Bravo
Alpha
Product
Demand
Delta
225
Charlie
150
Bravo
250
Alpha
200
c) Using the bottle keck based model what is the order of priority of the 4 products, and how many of each can they produce BY MONTH. Show your math for determining the order of priority and for determining the number of units
d) What is the profit using the traditional method show your math
e) What is the profit using the bottleneck method show your math
The factory runs one 8-hour shift per day per station, operates five days a week. The skilled employees get paid $25/ hour. In addition, the factory has a weekly overhead of $2000. Due to uncertainty in the demand planning, management has agreed on a 15% capacity cushion.
Show ALL work for all parts I am not sure if A) or B) is correct I need help on all of them
 a) What is the bottleneck in the process show your work

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