a) Sawing is the bottleneck. b) The bottleneck time is minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places).

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A production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing is shown in the figure below. The drilling operation occurs separately from, and simultaneously with, the sawing and sanding, which
are independent sequential operations. A product needs to go through only one of the three assembly operations (the operations are in parallel).
1.8 units/hr
Sawing
5 units/hr
Sanding
Drilling
6 units/hr
a) Sawing is the bottleneck.
b) The bottleneck time is minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places).
Welding
2.2 units/hr
Assembly
0.7 units/hr
→→Assembly
0.7 units/hr
Assembly
0.7 units/hr
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Transcribed Image Text:A production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing is shown in the figure below. The drilling operation occurs separately from, and simultaneously with, the sawing and sanding, which are independent sequential operations. A product needs to go through only one of the three assembly operations (the operations are in parallel). 1.8 units/hr Sawing 5 units/hr Sanding Drilling 6 units/hr a) Sawing is the bottleneck. b) The bottleneck time is minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places). Welding 2.2 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hr →→Assembly 0.7 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hr Q
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