a. Which workstations are the bottleneck? Explain with a picture of the workstation. b. What is the resulting time (throughput time) of the entire work system above? c. How much disinfectant solution can a company produce per hour?

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Medinc produces disinfectants by mixing 2 chemical solutions in a machine to become a disinfectant solution (solution 1 and solution 2). Solution 1 is the first process which is carried out at workstation A for 0.5 minutes per solution then continued at workstation B for 0.2 minutes per solution. Then together solution 1 is mixed with solution 2 at workstation C for 0.8 minutes per solution. Workstations B and C are processed at workstation D for mixing together where the process is 10 minutes per solution until it becomes a disinfectant solution for sale to customers.


a. Which workstations are the bottleneck? Explain with a picture of the workstation.
b. What is the resulting time (throughput time) of the entire work system above?
c. How much disinfectant solution can a company produce per hour?

COST/box
FIXED COST/year
MATERIAL
LABOR
OVERHEAD
Location
(S)
($)
(S)
(S)
200.000
0,10
0,5
0,40
0,75
Texas
Chicago
New York
180.000
0,25
0,50
170.000
0,5
1,00
1,00
Transcribed Image Text:COST/box FIXED COST/year MATERIAL LABOR OVERHEAD Location (S) ($) (S) (S) 200.000 0,10 0,5 0,40 0,75 Texas Chicago New York 180.000 0,25 0,50 170.000 0,5 1,00 1,00
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