A specialty fabrication shop has the following assembly processes for one of the products it makes: Process
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A specialty fabrication shop has the following assembly processes for one of the products it makes: Process 1 feeds a completed component to Process 2; Process 2 feeds a completed assembly to Process 3; and Process 3 does the final finish work and packaging. The capacities of each process are shown above for each machine at each stage. The shop has plenty of excess labor and equipment. a. How many finished units per day can the current assembly process produce, assuming Current capacity is 4 units per day. Stages 1 and 3 are bottlenecks relative to stage 2. b. Assuming each machine requires one operator, how many machines and operators are required in each stage to produce the required output shown above?
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Operations Management A Supply Chain Process Approach
ISBN: 978-1483383064
1st edition
Authors: Joel D. Wisner