Capacity Constraints (the chart is in the picture below) A visa application process from a Tumaritis country can be described in the chart below. The head of visa administration notices that the visa application process has gone wrong and decides to check the whole process. Questions: a. Explain the difference between bottlenecks and constraints  (answered) b. Identify the bottleneck of this process and explain your answer  (answered) c. Calculate the throughput time of the above process and explain  how many files can be processed in 1 hour?

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A visa application process from a Tumaritis country can be described in the chart below. The head of visa administration notices that the visa application process has gone wrong and decides to check the whole process.

Questions:
a. Explain the difference between bottlenecks and constraints  (answered)
b. Identify the bottleneck of this process and explain your answer  (answered)
c. Calculate the throughput time of the above process and explain  how many files can be processed in 1 hour? (answered)
d. Explain how to solve the problem in the above process. (not yet answered)

document
verification
15 minutes/file
verification and
print the
data entry to
the computer
approval of the
application
visa sticker
receive
files
8 minutes/file
4 minutes/file
4 minutes/file
4 minutes/file
self photo
taking
5 minutes/file
Transcribed Image Text:document verification 15 minutes/file verification and print the data entry to the computer approval of the application visa sticker receive files 8 minutes/file 4 minutes/file 4 minutes/file 4 minutes/file self photo taking 5 minutes/file
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