Question: Consider a line process with 3 processing stages. The production requires each unit to go through Stage A through Stage C in sequence. The characteristics
Consider a line process with 3 processing stages. The production requires each unit to go through Stage A through Stage C in sequence. The characteristics of the Stages are given below:
Stage A Stage B Stage C
Processing Time 1 minute Processing Time 2 minutes. Processing time 3 minutes
Number of Machines 1 Number of Machines 1 Number of Machines 2
Machine Availability 90% Machine Availability 100%. Machine Availability 100%
Process Yield at Stage 100%. Process Yield at Stage 100%. Process Yield at Stage 100%
Determine the system capacity. Which stage is the bottleneck? What is the utilization of Stage 3.
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