The Aggie Watch Corporation manufactures watches on a conveyor belt with $6$

stations. One worker stands at each station and performs the following tasks:

a$.$ Where in the process is the bottleneck?

b$.$ What is the capacity, in watches per hour, of the assembly line $($ignore the time it

takes for the first watch to come off the line?

c$.$ What is the direct labor content for the processes on this conveyor belt?

d$.$ What is the utilization of the worker in station B $($ignore the time it takes for the

first watch to come off the line$)?$

e$.$ How many minutes of idle time will the worker in station C have in $1$ hour

$($ignore the time it takes for the first watch to come off the line$)?$

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Answer a The bottleneck in the process occurs at the station with the lowest capacity or longest cyc... View the full answer