Question: Trojan Gadgets ( TG ) makes two products basic and funky. Molding Workshop A processes basic items only; there is 1 worker in Molding Workshop

Trojan Gadgets (TG) makes two productsbasic and funky. Molding Workshop A processes basic items only; there is 1 worker in Molding Workshop A, and the worker can process a basic item in 3 minutes. Molding Workshop B processes funky items only; there are 2 workers in Molding Workshop B, and each worker can process a funky item in 5 minutes. Assembly Workshop C has 3 workers and assembles basic items only; it takes 4 minutes for a worker to assemble a basic item. Assembly Workshop D has 4 workers and assembles funky items only; it takes 6 minutes for a worker to assemble a funky item. In the Packing Workshop, there is one packing machine that can pack an item in 1 minute, regardless of the type of the product. The demand is 20 pairs of basic items and funky items every hour (that is,20 items/hour
for basic items and 20 items/hour for funky items, the demand ratio is 1:1).
After learning the value of flexibility from an operations lecture, TGs manager decides to cross- train the workers in Molding Workshop A and Molding Workshop B, so that they are capable of molding both basic and funky items. It still takes 3 minutes for a worker to process a basic item and 5 minutes for a worker to
process a funky item. Below is the new process diagram of TG.
c) What are the capacity (in items per hour) and implied utilization of the Molding Workshop when the
molding workers are cross-trained?
d) When assembly workers are cross-trained (but molding workers are not cross-trained), which
workstation is the bottleneck? What is the capacity of Trojan Gadgets in items per hour?

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