Question: Capacity management (i) - multiple products - finding bottlenecks Three products A. B, and Care produced using four types of machines R1, R2, R3, and

Capacity management (i) - multiple products -

Capacity management (i) - multiple products - finding bottlenecks Three products A. B, and Care produced using four types of machines R1, R2, R3, and R4. The firm owns 2 machines of type R4 and 1 of each other type. One worker is responsible from each machine---a total of 5 workers. Workers are available 10 hrs a day for 5 days a week Which one is the bottleneck resource? RI-20 min R2-10 min R4 - 15 min A, demand - 40/wk price $90/unit Requirements for A-Raw material: $10/unit, Purchased parts: $20/unit R2-40 cuin R4-30 mia 13- 20min B, demand =50/wk price = $100/unit Requirements for B-Raw material: $15/unit, Purchased parts: $15/unit R1-30 min R 25 min R4-20min C, demand -80/wk price $90/unit Requirements for C-Raw material: 55/unit, Purchased parts: $10/unit Multiple Choice R4 R2 R1 R3

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