Consider a production line with five stations. Station 1 can produce a unit in 15 minutes. Station 2 can produce a unit in 12 minutes. Station 3 has two identical machines, each of which can process a unit in 20 minutes (each unit only needs to be processed on one of the two machines. Station 4 can produce a unit in 8.5 minutes. Station 5 can produce a unit in 11 minutes. a. Which station is the bottleneck station and what is the bottleneck time? |Station 1; 15 minutes b. What is the throughput of the system? 66.5 minutes c. What is the weekly capacity if, the company operates 9 hours a day and 6 days a week? [ Select ]Karla's candle factory is considering three different manufacturing options. Option A uses hand labor with fixed costs of $15,000 and variable costs of $2.25/candle. Option B uses a combination of hand and automation with fixed costs of $20,000 and variable costs of $1.55/candle. Option C is highly automated with fixed costs of $25,000 and variable costs of $1.10/candle. Based on comparing all three options, answer the following (Cross-Over Analysis) a. If demand for Karla's candles is 8,500, which option should she pick? [ Select ] and what is the cost? [ Select ] b. If demand for Karla's candles is 12,000, which option should she pick? [ Select ] , and what is the cost? [ Select ]ABC Inc. uses a machine that can produce 95 cranks per hour. The firm operates 9 hours per day, six days per week. Due to regularly scheduled preventive maintenance, the firm expects the machine to be running during approximately 90% of the available time. Based on experience with other products, the firm expects to achieve an efficiency level for the cranks of 80%. What is the expected weekly output of cranks for this company? O 4,617 O 5,125 O 5,700 O 3,694 O 4,275