Please answer the following multiple$-$choice questions by indicating the most appropriate answer from those provided. You can take the quiz twice and only your highest score will be recorded.

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The Geneva Watch Corporation manufactures watches using a worker$-$paced line with $6$ stations. There is room for $2$ unit of inventory $($buffer$)$ between each station. One worker stands at each station and performs the following tasks:

PartA.JPGThese $6$ workers begin their workday at $8$:$00$ am and work steadily until $4$:$00$ pm$.($They are replaced with other workers for breaks and lunches, but the production is not slowed or stopped during these times.$)$ At $4$:$00,$ no new watch parts are introduced into Station A$,$ and the conveyor belt continues until all of the work in process inventory has been processed and leaves Station F$.$ Thus, each morning the workers begin with an empty system.

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Question $11$ pts

What is the capacity of Station B in watches per hour?

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$48$ watches$/$hour

$60$ watches$/$hour

$75$ watches$/$hour

$30$ watch$/$hour

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Question $21$ pts

Which is the bottleneck step for this process?

Group of answer choices

Station E

Station B

Station F

Station D

Station C

Station A

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Question $31$ pts

What is the capacity of the process in watches per hour?

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$70$ watches per hour

$48$ watches$/$hour

$53$ watches per hour

$75$ watches per hour

$60$ watches per hour

$62$ watches per hour

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Question $41$ pts

What is the labor utilization of the worker at Station F assuming the process is running at steady state?

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$100\%$

$75\%$

$85\%$

$64\%$

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Question $51$ pts

How long will it take for the first watch of the day to be completed $($assuming no inventory has yet accumulated in the buffers between stations$)?$

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$600$ seconds

$395$ seconds

$450$ seconds

$75$ seconds

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Question $61$ pts

What is the throughput time of the process once it is in steady state $($reminder: there is buffer space for up to two watches between each station$)?$

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$395$ minutes

$60\mathrm{.}5$ minutes

$1039$ minutes

$17\mathrm{.}3$ minutes

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Question $71$ pts

What is the total time needed to produce $5$ watches once the system is in steady state $($i$.$e$.,$ the lead$-$time for $5$ watches in this make$-$to$-$order process$)?$

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$459$ minutes

$23\mathrm{.}6$ minutes

$17\mathrm{.}3$ minutes

$22\mathrm{.}3$ minutes

$89\mathrm{.}0$ minutes

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Question $81$ pts

Suppose the process was redesigned to operate as a machine$-$paced line. In other words, the inventory buffer areas between stations were removed and a conveyor belt was installed to move items between workers at the bottleneck rate. Which of process analysis measures $($as we have been computing them so far in the course$)$ would likely change as a result $($compared with the prior worker$-$paced line$)?$ Check all that apply.

Group of answer choices

None of these options

Throughput Time

WIP Level

Throughput Rate

Cycle Time

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Question $91$ pts

Now suppose that the process was redesigned to operate as $6$ independent worker cells. In this design, each worker handles all the tasks for a given watch. What would be the process capacity of this cellular design in watches per hour? Hint: This will require you to first compute capacity for one worker cell and then multiple that capacity by $6,$ since there will be $6$ cells working in parallel.

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$48$ watches$/$hour

$30$ watches$/$hour

$60$ watches$/$hour

$54$ watches$/$hour

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Question $101$ pts

Given your expertise in analyzing watch production processes, another watch manufacturer has asked you to evaluate the throughput time in their high$-$end custom manufacturing process. They do not want to provide details on all of their process steps $($due to confidentiality issues$),$ but are willing to share that the average throughput rate of their process is $200$ watches$/$hour and that the average work$-$in$-$process inventory level is $400$ watches. Based on this information, what is your best estimate of their average throughput time?

Group of answer choices

$1$ hour

$4$ hours

$20$ minutes

$30$ minutes

$2$ hours