An appliance is to be produced on a single model assembly line. Annual demand for the product is expected to be 300,000 units. The facility will operate for 50 weeks/annum, 5 shifts/week and 8 hr per shift. The work content of assembling the product has been listed in Table 1. Table also includes required times of each operation. Each operation has to be performed sequentially and each operation in distinct work cells. Determine a) Required rate of production RP to satisfy demand, b) MLT of a single unit, c) WIP for annual production. Table 1 Werk Klement for the problem Operation Number Process Time (min) 1 0.2 2 0.4 0.7 0.1 3 0.3 0.11 0.32 0.7 9 0.27 10 0.38 12 0.6 12 0.12 6 7 8