Question: The table below lists stations, servers, cycle times, and station workloads for an FMS with three processing stations that produces three products. Additional stations are

The table below lists stations, servers, cycle times, and station workloads for
an FMS with three processing stations that produces three products. Additional stations
are load/unload (station 4,2 servers), transport (station 5,1 shuttle cart), and station 6
(storage,15 spaces). Station 4 loading and unloading times are before and after the
slash. Station 5 traveling loaded and traveling empty times are before and after the
slash. Parts loaded into the FMS at station 4 are shuttled to station 6 before beginning
their respective process routings. When processing is completed, parts are moved back
to storage and then to unload when station 4 is available. Solve for the overall
production rates, manufacturing lead times, waiting times, and station utilizations, given
the following number of parts in the system: (a) N =4 and (b) N =10.

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