2 pt D Question 1 Company XYZ has a critical bottleneck department that processe

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2 pt D Question 1 Company XYZ has a critical bottleneck department that processes all material through a four-step process. Key information about each of the four steps in the process is shown below: Step Number of machines Processing Times Per Unit Per Machine 5 machines 2 machines 1 machines 1 machines 4 minutes per unit 5 minutes per unit 1 minutes per unit 4 minutes per unit What is the capacity for the department in units per hour? Please enter your answer rounding down to the nearest completed unit.

Explanation / Answer

First let’s calculate the capacity of each step in following manner -

Step

Number of machines

Processing time per unit per machine (minutes)

Capacity per hour = Number of machines * (60 minutes /Average processing time per unit per machine)

1

5

4

5*(60/4) =75

2

2

5

2*(60/5) = 24

3

1

1

1*(60/1) = 60

4

1

1

1*(60/1) = 60

Step 2 has the lowest capacity of 24 units. Therefore it is bottleneck of the process.

The capacity for the department in units per hour is equal to the bottleneck of the process.

Therefore he capacity for the department is 24 units per hour.

Step

Number of machines

Processing time per unit per machine (minutes)

Capacity per hour = Number of machines * (60 minutes /Average processing time per unit per machine)

1

5

4

5*(60/4) =75

2

2

5

2*(60/5) = 24

3

1

1

1*(60/1) = 60

4

1

1

1*(60/1) = 60

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