what are three key takeaways from this case study? Do not include problem solving in the response and do not include solutions or regurgitate the case. Just big idea concepts from this case. In this case students are asked to: Evaluate the capacity of a batch process. Determine a production schedule (i.e., choose a batch size) to achieve a target flow rate. Assess how two changes to the setup time in the process influence capacity. Harvesting is the setup process and evaporation is the processing step, the first three questions can be answered using the material in the chapter. The following table summarizes the calculations for each question: Evaporation is the processing step because the amount of salt produced from a pan increases if evaporation is allowed to happen for a longer period of time. Thus, the "batch size" in this process is the amount of salt available to harvest after evaporation. Harvesting is the "setup" in this process because the time to harvest is independent of the amount of salt in the pan (i.e., independent of the batch size). (In reality, harvesting does depend somewhat on the amount of salt in the pan. But the harvesting time is far less sensitive to the batch size than the evaporation time, so we can approximate harvesting time as if it is independent of the batch size.)