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WHAT IS THE CORRECT ANSWER?? Consider a process consisting of three resources. A

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WHAT IS THE CORRECT ANSWER??

Consider a process consisting of three resources. Assume there exists unlimited demand for the product. Resource 1 has a processing time of 3 minutes per unit. Resource 2 has a processing time of 8 minutes per unit. Resource 3 has a processing time of 10 minutes per unit. Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource 3 Answer is complete but not entirely correct. 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 What is the capacity of resource 2? What is the bottleneck in the process? What is the utilization of resource 2? 30.000units per 1 Resource 38 percent a. minute b. c. How long does it take the process to produce 200 units starting with an empty system, assuming this is a worker-paced process? d. 600 x minutes

Explanation / Answer

a. capacity of resource 2 = 1/process time = 1/8 = 0.125 units per minute

b. Maximum process time is of resource 3. Therefore, it is the bottleneck. Bottleneck = 3 resource

c. Process cycle time = bottleneck resource time = 10 minutes per unit .

Utiliation of resource 2 = resource 2 processing time / process cycle time = 8/10 = 80 percent

d. Time taken = number of units * Process Cycle time = 200 units * 10 minutes per unit = 2000 minutes