a) is the bottleneck.

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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).
a)
is the bottleneck.
2.5 units/hr
Sawing
2.1 units/hr
Sanding
Drilling
5 units/hr
Welding
5 units/hr
Assembly
0.8 units/hr
Assembly
0.8 units/hr
Assembly
0.8 units/hr
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). a) is the bottleneck. 2.5 units/hr Sawing 2.1 units/hr Sanding Drilling 5 units/hr Welding 5 units/hr Assembly 0.8 units/hr Assembly 0.8 units/hr Assembly 0.8 units/hr
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