HW$1-$ Process Flow Problems

You must indicate units for your final responses $($e$.$g$.,$ vases per minute or vases per hour$)$ and show your calculations or provide reasoning as applicable to indicate how you arrived at your responses, otherwise you will not get credit for them.

A production process for flower vases consists of three tasks to be completed in sequence: first, Shape $($by a specialized machine$),$ second, Bake $($in a single oven$),$ and third, Paint $($by a worker$).$ The times taken for one vase at each step are $5$ ntinutes for Shape, $8$ minutes for Bake, and $6$ minutes for Paint. There are $8$ working hours in each day.

Assume that there is one resource at each step. Indicate, showing your calculations, what is the daily capacity of each activity $($i$.$e$.,$ shape, bake, and paint$)$ in units$/$vases per day? $(30$ points$)$

Indicate which is the bottleneck task, and why? $(10$ points$)$

If the demand for flower vases is $50$ units per day, what will be the flow rate $($per day$)$ of the original process? $(10$ points$)$

Assume no waiting between steps, what is the throughput time of the process $($in minutes$).(10$ points$)$