Question: (b) Calculating the contribution margin per minute at the bottleneck of each product. (Keep ONE decimal place in your reponse.) Product Deluxe: Product Super Duper:

(b) Calculating the contribution margin per

(b) Calculating the contribution margin per minute at the bottleneck of each product. (Keep ONE decimal place in your reponse.)

Product Deluxe:

Product Super Duper:

According to the bottleneck method, the product priority sequence is

A. Super Duper, Deluxe

B.Deluxe, Super Duper

(c) According to the bottleneck method, the company should produce

(Enter your responses as whole numbers.)

Deluxe:

Super Duper:

A team of students from OPM200 work in a project for Philly Canine Toy Company that manufactures two different types of dog chew toys (Deluxe and Super Duper) produced by the company. The products are manufactured and assembled in up to three different workstations (X, Y, and Z) using a small batch process. Each of the products is produced according to the flowchart below. Additionally, the flowchart indicates each product's price, weekly demand, and processing times per unit. Batch setup times are negligible. The company can make and sell up to the limit of its weekly demand and there are no penalties for not being able to meet all of the demand. The plant operates 40 hours per week, with no overtime. Deluxe $7 Step 1 Station 2 Step 2 Station Y (14 min) Step 3 Station X (14 min) Product: Deluxe Price: $74/unit Demand: 56 units/wk (25 min) Raw materials $13 Purchased part Super Duper $4 Step 1 Step 2 Station X Station 2 (25 min) (11 min) Step 3 Station Y (20 min) Product: Super Duper Price: $71/unit Demand: 71 units/wk Raw materials Purchased part (a) Calculate the workload of each station in minute to determine the bottleneck. (Enter your responses as whole numbers.) Workstation X workload: minutes Workstation Y workload: minutes Workstation Z workload: minutes Hence, the bottleneck is workstation OA. Y OB. Z OC. X

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