Choosing a Batch Size, and Buffer or Suffer .

+ v View A Zoom Share Q Search Highlight Rotate Markup Search 17.6 (Setup Everywhere) Consider the following batch-flow process consisting of three process steps performed by three machines: Step 2 Step 3 Step 1 Processing Time: Processing Time: Processing Time: 0.25 Minute/Part 0.20 Minute/Part 0.15 Minute/Part Setup Time: Setup Time: Setup Time: 30 Minutes 20 Minutes 45 Minutes 20 Work is processed in batches at each step. Before a batch is processed at a step, the machine at that step must be set up. (During a setup, the machine is unable to process any product.) Assume that there is a dedicated setup operator for each machine (i.e., there is always someone available to perform a setup at each machine.) EX a. What is the capacity of step 1 if the batch size is 35 parts? ct10 b. For what batch sizes is step 1 (2, 3) the bottleneck