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PA 3-3 Consider a process consisting of three... Consider a process consisting o

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Question

PA 3-3 Consider a process consisting of three... Consider a process consisting of three resources. Assume there exists unlimited demand for the product. Resource 1 has a processing time of 6 minutes per unit. Resource 2 has a processing time of 7 minutes per unit. Resource 3 has a processing time of 8 minutes per unit. Resource1 Resource2 Resource 3 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 a. What is the capacity of resource 2? b. What is the bottleneck in the process? c. What is the utilization of resource 2? 0.143 units per minute 3 Resource 1 percent How long does it take the process to produce 182 units starting with an empty system, assuming this is a worker-paced process? d. 3,822 minutes

Explanation / Answer

a. Capacity of resource 2 = 1/7 = 0.143 units per minute

b. What is the bottleneck of the process? The bottleneck is Resource 3 as it takes the most time

c. Utilization of resource 2 is = 7/8 = 87.5%

d. to make 182 units it takes 6 + 7 + (182 * 8) = 1469 minutes

Resource 3 is the bottleneck and it starts for the first time after the produce has passed through Resource 1 and 2. so we add 6 + 7 to the bottleneck time of 182*8