Question: A toy manufacturer produces six different types of trucks. Each truck has a unique assembly process. The process to assembly a fire engine is shown below:
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Step
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Setup time
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Processing time
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Assemble Plastic Components
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30 minutes
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1.5 minutes per fire engine
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Assemble Metal Components
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25 minutes
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1.2 minutes per fire engine
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Affix Decals
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No setup
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3 minutes per fire engine
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Packaging
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10 minutes
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2 minutes per fire engine
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If the batch size is 25 trucks, what is the capacity of this process?
What batch size would maximize the flow rate of the entire process without accumulating excess inventory?
What step will never be the bottleneck, regardless of batch size?
If the demand for trucks is 10 per hour, what batch size should be used?