Question: Three jobs, A , B , and C , are processed in batches in a manufacturing facility with 3 machines: M 1 , M 2

Three jobs, A, B, and C, are processed in batches in a manufacturing facility with 3 machines: M1, M2, and M3. The total number of jobs of type A is 90, that of type B is 26 and that of type C is 24. The sequence of operations on the jobs are as follows:
Job A: M1-M2-M3
Job B: M2-M3-M1
Job C: M1-M3-M2
Machine M3 has been identified as the bottleneck machine, and the processing schedule on Machine M3 reads as follows (the beginning and ending time of processing of the entire batch (in minutes) are given):
Job C: 0 to 240
Job B: 240 to 890
Job A: 890 to 1790
If a Drum buffer of 40 minutes is introduced before M3, and if the transfer batch of job B is 13, the processing of job B on Machine M2 should start at least by the _________ th minute to ensure that the schedule on the bottleneck machine is followed promptly. Note that the processing time for job B on Machine M2 is 10 minutes per job, and assume that no shipping buffer is present.

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