A process for making plastic name badges for Gies students attending iConverge consists of two tasks, Task 1: Molding, followed by Task 2: Polishing. It takes 3 minutes to mold a badge at a Task 1 workstation, and 2 minutes to polish a badge at a Task 2 workstation. There are 2 identical workstations for molding (i.e., 2 badges are molded at the same time) and 1 workstation for polishing.

Based on the information provided, and showing your work including any formula you use, please calculate what is the overall hourly capacity of Task 1: Molding. Please include the units for your response.

Based on the information provided, and showing your work including any formula you use, please calculate what is the overall hourly capacity of Task 2: Polishing. Please include the units for your response.

Which is the bottleneck task in this badge making process? Please indicate how you identified the bottleneck task.

Assuming there is no waiting or inventory of badges in the process, and showing your work, please calculate the throughput time in minutes for a badge to be completed through this process.

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