Practical Management Science
Practical Management Science
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ISBN: 9781337406659
Author: WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher: Cengage,
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The Pullman Mfg., Inc. three-station work cell illustrated in the figure below has two machines at station 1 in parallel. (The product needs to go through only one of the two machines before
proceeding to station 2.)
12 min/unit
Station 1
Machine A
Station 1
Machine B
12 min/unit
Station 2
4 min/unit
Station 3
10 min/unit
The manager, Seimone Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 3.
a) The throughput time of the new work cell is 26 minutes (enter your response as a whole number).
b) The bottleneck time of the new work cell is 6 minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number).
c) If the firm operates 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with the second machine at workstation 3 is 600 units (enter your response as a whole number).
d) If the firm operates 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell without the second machine at workstation 3 is 300 units (enter your response as a whole number).
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Transcribed Image Text:The Pullman Mfg., Inc. three-station work cell illustrated in the figure below has two machines at station 1 in parallel. (The product needs to go through only one of the two machines before proceeding to station 2.) 12 min/unit Station 1 Machine A Station 1 Machine B 12 min/unit Station 2 4 min/unit Station 3 10 min/unit The manager, Seimone Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 3. a) The throughput time of the new work cell is 26 minutes (enter your response as a whole number). b) The bottleneck time of the new work cell is 6 minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number). c) If the firm operates 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with the second machine at workstation 3 is 600 units (enter your response as a whole number). d) If the firm operates 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell without the second machine at workstation 3 is 300 units (enter your response as a whole number).
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