Part IV Bottleneck Analysis

TS Manufacturing Corp. has the process displayed below. The drilling operation occurs separately from and simultaneously with the sawing and sanding operations. The product only needs to go through one of the three assembly operations $($the assembly operations are "parallel"$)$

a$)$ Which operation is the bottleneck? $(10$ pts$)$

b$)$ What is the throughput time for overall system? $(10$ pts$)$

c$)$ If the firm operates $8$ hours per day, $20$ days per month, what is the daily capacity of the manufacturing process? $(10$ pts$)$

d$)$ What is the efficiency of Welding? $(10$ pts$)$