Consider a process consisting of three resources. Assume there exists unlimited demand for the product. Resource 1

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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 3 minutes per unit. 
  • Resource 3 has a processing time of 5 minutes per unit. All three resources are staffed by one worker. 

a. Draw a process flow diagram of this process.

b. What is the capacity of resource 2?

c. What is the bottleneck in the process? 

d. What is the utilization of resource 2?

e. How long does it take the process to produce 200 units starting with an empty system, assuming this is a worker-paced process?

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Operations Management

ISBN: 9781260547610

2nd International Edition

Authors: Gerard Cachon, Christian Terwiesch

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