Consider a production system where 4 stations work in parallel and processing times of each station is shown in minutes in below table.

Write learning curve equation of the above production system using station average times. You can use MS Excel for this problem.

B. How much time would it take to produce the 15th unit? Show your work.

C. Suppose the 15th unit was just produced and customer placed order of 10 more units. How much time would it take to produce those 10 more units? You need to use both exact summation and integral methods. For exact summation, you can use excel. Dont forget to show your work.

D. What is the production rate for producing 10 units in the above question in the unit of [parts/hour]? Show your work.

Name Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4 Station Avg Trial 1 247 245 230 154 Trial 2 133 142 140 208 Trial 3 136 117 138 Trial 4 136 140 122 126 Trial 5 122 106 119 134 Trial 6 116 122 143 126 155