A.J.'s Wildlife Emporium manufactures two unique birdfeeders? (Deluxe and Super? Duper) that are manufactured and assembled in up to three different workstations? (X, Y, and? Z) using a small batch process. Each of the products is produced according to the flowchart below.? Additionally, the flowchart indicates each? product's price, weekly? demand, and processing times per unit. Batch setup times are negligible. A.J. can make and sell up to the limit of its weekly demand and there are no penalties for not being able to meet all of the demand. Each workstation is staffed by a worker who is dedicated to work on that workstation alone and is paid $18 per hour. The plant operates 40 hours per? week, with no overtime. Overhead costs are $2,500per week.Deluxe Step 1 Station Z (25 min) Step 2 Station Y Step 3 Station X (12 min) Product: Deluxe Price: $70/unit Demand: 66 units/wk $9 (13 min) Raw materials $8 Purchased part Super Duper Step 1 Station X (25 min) Step 2 Station Z (9 min) Step 3 Station Y (20 min) Product: Super Duper Price: $68/unit Demand: 75 units/wk $3 Raw materials Purchased part Based on the information? provided, as well as the information contained in the? flowchart, answer the following questions. b. Using the? bottleneck-based method, what is the optimal product mix and what is the overall? profitability? The product mix obtained using the bottleneck method is as follows. ?(Enter your responses as whole? numbers.) ?Deluxe: _ units/week Super? Duper: _ units/week
The other parts of the homework have already been done, I am just having problems figuring out this part. It's Operations Management homework.