The Pullman Mfg., Inc. three-station work cell illustrated 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.) Q 12 min/unit Station 1. Machine A Station 1 Machine B 12 min/unit Station 2 12 min/unit Station 3 2 min/unit The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 2. a) The throughput time of the new work cell is minutes (enter your response as a whole number). ✔
The Pullman Mfg., Inc. three-station work cell illustrated 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.) Q 12 min/unit Station 1. Machine A Station 1 Machine B 12 min/unit Station 2 12 min/unit Station 3 2 min/unit The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 2. a) The throughput time of the new work cell is minutes (enter your response as a whole number). ✔
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![a) The throughput time of the new work cell is
number).
b) The bottleneck time of the new work cell is
a whole number).
minutes (enter your response as a whole
minutes per unit (enter your response as
c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell
units (enter your response as a whole
with the second machine at workstation 2 is
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Transcribed Image Text:a) The throughput time of the new work cell is
number).
b) The bottleneck time of the new work cell is
a whole number).
minutes (enter your response as a whole
minutes per unit (enter your response as
c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell
units (enter your response as a whole
with the second machine at workstation 2 is
number).
![The Pullman Mfg., Inc. three-station work cell illustrated 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.)
12 min/unit
Station 1
Machine A
Station 1
Machine B
12 min/unit
Station 2
12 min/unit
Station 3
2 min/unit
The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 2.
a) The throughput time of the new work cell is
minutes (enter your response as a whole number).
Q](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F901d62a1-991e-4285-bd43-97236e625e1e%2Faf6e030f-0725-437e-9461-d29b44ff1b3f%2Ftb0vh3l_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The Pullman Mfg., Inc. three-station work cell illustrated 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.)
12 min/unit
Station 1
Machine A
Station 1
Machine B
12 min/unit
Station 2
12 min/unit
Station 3
2 min/unit
The manager, Ms. Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 2.
a) The throughput time of the new work cell is
minutes (enter your response as a whole number).
Q
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