Pollard Pharm, Inc., implemented cellular manufacturing as recommended by a consultant. The production flow improved dramatically. However, the company was still faced with the need to improve its cycle time to one bottle every six minutes, as required by customer demand. The cell structure is shown below; the times above and below the process represent the time required to process one unit.

Required:
1. How many units can the cell produce per hour (on a continuous running basis)?
2. How long does it take the cell to produce one unit, assuming the cell is producing on a continuous basis?
3. What must happen for the target time to be met so that the cell can produce one bottle every six minutes or 10 bottles per hour, assuming the cell produces on a continuousbasis?

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7 minutes 10 minutes Heating Mixing Tableting Bottling 9 minutes 4 minutcs