Question: Problem 5 (20 pts) Consider a production line with four stations in continuous order 1-2-3-4. Station 1 has three identical machines, each of which can

Problem 5 (20 pts) Consider a production line
Problem 5 (20 pts) Consider a production line with four stations in continuous order 1-2-3-4. Station 1 has three identical machines, each of which can produce 4 units/min. Station 2 can produce 8 units/min Station 3 has two simultaneous lines: one line has two CONTINUOUS machines (one follows the other) and each of them produces 9 units/min and 6 units /min respectively, the other line has only one machine producing 8 units/min. Station 4 can produce 10 units/min. a) Which station is the bottleneck station? b) What is the system cycle time

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