Consider a process consisting of three resources. Assume there exists unlimited

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Consider a process consisting of three resources. Assume there exists unlimited demand for the product Resource 1 has a processing time of 2 minutes per unit. Resource 2 has a processing time of 3 minutes per unit. Resource 3 has a processing time of 7 minutes per unit. Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource3 All three resources are staffed by one worker. The flow diagram is shown above Round 'Capacity of resource" to 3 decimal places and other numbers to whole numbers 0.333 units per minute 3 Resource percent a. What is the capacity of resource 2? b. What is the bottleneck in the process? c. What is the utilization of resource 2? d How long does it take the process to produce 205 units starting with an empty system, assuming this is a worker-paced process? 1.440 minutes

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Utilization of resource 2 = Flow rate/Capacity Flow rate - 1 minute utilization of resource 2 = 0.143/0.333 43% Flow rate is the same as process capacity which is equivalentto capacity of bottleneck Here the bottleneck is resource 3 Process capacity of resource 3 is 1/7 0.143

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