Question: (Question 2 (10 Marks a) Suppose you are the manager of the process below and you want to maximize the capacity of the process, what

(Question 2 (10 Marks a) Suppose you are the

(Question 2 (10 Marks a) Suppose you are the manager of the process below and you want to maximize the capacity of the process, what will you do and why? What will be the weekly maximum capacity of the process (the process operates 5 days/week and 8 hours/day)? Explain your answer (6 Marks). Station 2A 17 min/unit Station 4 18 min/unit Station 7A 16 min/unit Station 1 16 min/unit Station 3 19 min/unit Station 8 17 min/unit Station 2B 17 min/unit Station 5 7 min/unit Station 7B 16 min/unit Station 6 5 min/unit b) A process is designed to operate 2 shifts per day and 10 hours shift to produce 4500 units per day. Set up and maintenance times have been estimated to be 20% of total time available for the machine. Actual output of the machine has been 170 units/hour. The process operates 30 days per month and 7 days per week (4 Marks). Compute the following: 1. Design capacity of the process per year 2. Effective capacity of the process per year 3. The utilization of the process 4. The efficiency of the process

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