Question: Recall from assignment # 2 that the critical path is activities A - D - E - F - H , limiting the process flow

Recall from assignment #2 that the critical path is activities A-D-E-F-H, limiting the process flow time to 55 weeks. If you have answered Q2 correctly, you would see that the bottleneck resource performs none of these activities. There are two statements below.
Statement A: In a process with parallel activities (i.e., more than one path in a process flow dia- gram) it is possible for the critical resources (that perform the critical activities) to be different than the resources that are the process bottleneck. In other words, it is possible for the resources that limit flow time to be different than the resources that limit process capacity.
Statement B: In a process with sequential activities like the Cleveland Clinic (i.e., only one path in a process flow diagram), the bottleneck resource that limits process capacity must be among the critical activities.
Which of the two statements is correct (A, B, both, or neither)? Why? Explain.

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