Please answer the below

Class Notes: Process Analysis/ Constraint Management: p. 199, 722 723, also see notes / worksheet)

1. What is a process flow diagram and how is it constructed?

2. How do you calculate the unconstrained capacity (not limited by production of earlier workstations) of each workstation within a process? (Note: Think about the assembly line created in the process analysis exercise. The capacity, or amount of actual output of the person who drew the hair and teeth was constrained (limited) by the amount of output produced by the person drawing the face. However, the unconstrained capacity this is what we calculated on our worksheet -would be much greater if they had an unlimited number of cards that they could continually draw hair and teeth on. This is what we mean by unconstrained vs. constrained capacity.)

3. How do you calculate the capacity of the entire system, i.e. maximum system capacity?

4. What is a bottleneck operation? Why is it important to identify the bottleneck operation?

5. What is the difference between system cycle time and throughput time?

6. What step of a process needs to be improved in order to increase the capacity of the entire system?

7. Where will work in process inventory build up?