Question: The Pullman Mfg . , Inc. three - station work cell illustrated in the figure below has two machines at station 1 in parallel. (

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.)
The manager, Seimone Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 3.
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 6 minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number).
c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with the second machine at workstation 3 is 480 units (enter your response
as a whole number).
d) If the firm operates 8 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).
 The Pullman Mfg., Inc. three-station work cell illustrated in the figure

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