The three-station work cell has a product that must go through one of the two machines at station 1 (they are parallel) before proceeding to station 2.
Station 1 Machine A Capacity: 20 units/hr
Station 1 Machine B Capacity: 20 units/hr
Station 2 Capacity: 2 units/hour
Station 3 Capacity: 10 units/hour
A. The bottleneck time of the system is?
B. which station is the bottleneck station?
C. The throughput time is? (in minutes)
D. If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, the weekly capacity of this work cell is? (in units)