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The three-station work cell illustrated in the figure below has a product that must go through one of the two machines at station 1 (they are parallel) before proceeding to station 2. Capacity: 30 units/hr Station 1 Machine A Station 2 Station 3 Station 1 Machine B Capacity: 30 units/hr Capacity 2 units/hr Capacity: 15 units/hr a) The bottleneck time of the system is minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number). b) what is the bottleneck station of this work cell? c) what is the throughput time? d) if the firm operates 10 hrs per day, 5 days per week, what is the weekly capacity of this work cell? The Pullman Mfg., Inc. three-station work cell illustrated in the figure below has two machines at station 1 in parallel. (The product needs to go through only one of the two machines before proceeding to station 2.) 12 min/unit Station 1 Machine A Station 2 Station 3 10 min/unit 2 min/unit Station 1 Machine B 12 min/unit The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 2 a) The throughput time of the new work cell is minutes (enter your response as a whole number). b) The bottleneck time of the new work cell is minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number). c) If the firm operates 11 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with the second machine at workstation 3 is units (enter your response as a whole number). d) If the firm operates 11 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell without the second machine at workstation 3 is units (enter your response as a whole number)