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Question 2b. Due to a recent layoff, now you have a capacity reduction in \"Sewing\" as depicted below. a) What is the capacity of this process? b) Is any task starved or blocked? If so, then why and for how long? Explain. c) What proportion of the time is the operator at the \"Cutting\" task actually working? At the \"Sewing\" task? d) What is the throughput time in this process? e) Suppose you have added a buffer with a capacity of 500 between \"Cutting\" and \"Sewing\", \"Cutting\" runs 2 shifts (i.e., 16 hours a day), \"Sewing\" runs 3 shifts (i.e., 24 hours a day), and \"Sewing\" will start working after the first item at \"Cutting\" is finished (i.e., there is no waiting time in \"Sewing\" at the beginning of the day). i. Calculate the maximum level of WIP in the buffer during a day. ii. Draw a figure that shows how WIP in the buffer changes during a day. iii. Calculate the average level of WIP for a day

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