Question: Consider the Orange Computers scenario described in Problem 2. A study of inventory within the system resulted in the following data on average inventories. (The

Consider the Orange Computers scenario described in Problem 2. A study of inventory within the system resulted in the following data on average inventories. (The number in each cell represents the average inventory held in both WIP area and the station.)

Process Stage

Desktops

Laptops

Assembly

550

n/a

Burn

300

450

Packing

600

1,200

10. (8 points) Suppose that the processing rate of the bottleneck in the previous question is X computers/hour. Let Y be the processing rate in desktops per hour produced at that bottleneck station (i.e., Y = 1/3*X if your answer is Burn or Packing and Y=X if your answer is Assembly). Given the average WIP data above, what is the throughput time for a desktop?

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