Alternative plan $1$: Assembly line $1$ and Final Assembly both add a second $8-$hr shift. All of the

drilling machines are made operational, but run for just $8$ hours a day. This operating schedule

applies to all five days of the week.

What is the new system capacity? $($units of FG$/$week$)$

$($A$)$

$($B$)$

$($C$)$

$($D$)$

$($E$)$

$8000$

$8800$

$9600$

$10400$

Which of the operations is the bottleneck?

$($A$)$

$($B$)$

$($C$)$

Assembly

Drilling

Final

Line $1$

Assembly

Alternative plan $2$: Assembly line $1$ adds a second shift of $8$ hours. Final Assembly adds a half$-$

shift of $4$ hours. $7$ of the $8$ drilling operate, for $8$ hours a day. This operating schedule applies to

all five days of the week.

What is the new system capacity? $($units of FG$/$week$)$

$($A$)$

$($B$)$

$($C$)$

$($D$)$

$($E$)$

$8000$

$8800$

$9600$

$10400$

$11200$

Which of the operations limits the system capacity?

$($A$)$

$($B$)$

$($C$)$

Assembly

Line $1$

Drilling

Final

Assembly