Below are some data for your friend Anthony$$s bakery. Before you can make recommendations to

improve his manufacturing system, the following questions must be answered.

Cycle Time

$($hours$)$

Choice A

$($hours$)$

Choice B

$($hours$)$

Loaves $100100100$

Mix $3/4$

Proof $3/4$

Bake $13/4$

Pack $3/41/2$

a$)$ What is the bottleneck in the above process? $(5$ points$)$

b$)$ What is the daily capacity of the process for an $8-$hour shift? $(5$ points$)$

c$)$ A parallel baking line $($mix$,$ proof, and bake$)$ was added, what would the daily capacity be$?(5$ points$)$

d$)$ Anthony is considering replacing existing equipment with more advanced and faster equipment.

Which is the best choice and why: $(5$ points$)$

$1.$ Two new ovens each capable of baking a batch of $100$ loaves in $$ hour.

$2.$ New packaging line that is capable of packaging a batch of $100$ loaves in $(1)/(2)$ hours.