The Pulman Mig, Inc. three-station work cell ilustrated in the figure below has

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The Pulman Mig, Inc. three-station work cell ilustrated in the figure below has two machines at station 1 in parallel. (The product needs to go through only one of the two machines before proceeding to station 2) 20 min/unit Station 1 Machine A Station 3 12 min/unit Station 2 Station 1 Machine 4 min/unit 20 min/unit The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 3 a)The throughput time of the new work coll isminutes onter your response as a whole number b)The bottleneck time of the new work cell isminutes per una orter your response as a whole number, 0) if the frm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per weok, the wookly capacity of the work ol with the second machine at workstation 3 is units (onter your responso as a whole number). Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes

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a. the throughput time of the network is= 20+4+12= 36 minutes

b. both station A and Station B are becomes bottleneck time, machine A& B are the places with 20 minutes each

c. per day production will be= 20 minutes per one unit, means 3 units per hour, 3*8= 24 units per day

= 24*6= 144 units per week

the weekly production at this level on workstation 3 is 144 units.

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