This is a two part question, so please help with both parts!

Natural Blends Part A in this subcase,the entire subsystem (steps 2 4) is already setup to produce only one size of oranges so no setups are needed at Extraction.

1. a. Assume there is no buffer inventory allowed between process steps 2, 3, and 4. What is the impact of having no inventory buffers on process capacity? Specifically, how much orange juice concentrate can be processed in one 8-hour workday? [Note: Do not blindly use a capacity formula with setups from the text / slides, which corresponds to allowing sufficient buffer inventory! Instead consider Buffer or Suffer and think about the following questions: With no storage allowed, can any process step work faster than any other? Without buffers, what happens to a process step when some other step is stopped for setups? Finally, note that the specified step capacity is the maximum possible for that step; the actual flow rate can be smaller but not larger.]

1. b. Assume extraction has previously been setup for the size of oranges being processed. How much idle time will there be in the extraction operation during one 8-hour workday?