Given the question,

a) Which step of the production process is bottleneck?

b) What will be the daily capacity (8 hour/day) of this production system?

Please give a detailed step-by-step answer for both. Why isn't operation 2 a bottleneck (since it takes 40 minutes per unit) Thank you!

1) XYZ company produces a product which goes through three operations, Machining Assembly and Packaging before it is ready to be shipped. Machining operation is carried out in two identical machining lines with a batch size of 200 units (Note: each part is processed only in one of the lines). The total setup time for the first operation is 80 minutes, each unit is processed in 4 minutes, completed parts are placed in a buffer. The second step is a manual assembly operation (no set up) which requires two workers to work simulteneously on one part. This assembly operation requires 40 minutes per unit, 34 workers available at the assembly station. Assemled products are sent to the last stage, where they are packed and shipped. This operation requires 30 minutes setup time and processing time per unit is 2 minutes, and the batch size for the last operation is 100 units. a) Which step of the production process is bottleneck? b) What will be the daily capacity (8 hour/day) of this production system