Consider a sequential production process with 3 stages. The processing time (min per unit) and number of employees at each state are as follows;

Processing time. Number of workers

Stage 1: 8 min/unit. 1 worker

Stage 2: 4 min/unit. 1 worker

Stage 3. 10 min/unit. 2 workers

If Demand rate is 10 units per hour, what is the flow rate:

7.5

10

15

60

87

If the demand rate is 10 units per hour, what is the utilization of stage 2:

50%

20.0%

10.7%

40.0%

16.7%

If the demand rate is 10 units per hour, what is the cycle time in minutues

8

2

4

6

10