Practical Management Science
Practical Management Science
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ISBN: 9781337406659
Author: WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher: Cengage,
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A production process at Brianna Bryant 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.
1.8 units/hr
Sawing
minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places).
5 units/hr
Sanding
Drilling
5 units/hr
b) The bottleneck time is
c) The throughput time of the overall system is
minutes (round your response to two decimal places).
d) If the firm operates 11 hours per day, 20 days per month, the monthly capacity of the manufacturing process is
Welding
2.5 units/hr
Assembly
0.8 units/hr
Assembly
0.8 units/hr
Assembly
0.8 units/hr
units (enter your response as a whole number).
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Transcribed Image Text:A production process at Brianna Bryant 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. 1.8 units/hr Sawing minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places). 5 units/hr Sanding Drilling 5 units/hr b) The bottleneck time is c) The throughput time of the overall system is minutes (round your response to two decimal places). d) If the firm operates 11 hours per day, 20 days per month, the monthly capacity of the manufacturing process is Welding 2.5 units/hr Assembly 0.8 units/hr Assembly 0.8 units/hr Assembly 0.8 units/hr units (enter your response as a whole number). Q
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