What is the capacity of Station B in watches per hour?

Group of answer choices

$48$ watches$/$hour

$30$ watch$/$hour

$75$ watches$/$hour

$60$ watches$/$hour

Which is the bottleneck step for this process?

Group of answer choices

Station A

Station C

Station E

Station B

Station F

Station D

Suppose the process was redesigned to operate as a machine$-$paced line. In other words, the inventory buffer areas between stations were removed and a conveyor belt was installed to move items between workers at the bottleneck rate. Which of process analysis measures $($as we have been computing them so far in the course$)$ would likely change as a result $($compared with the prior worker$-$paced line$)?$ Check all that apply.

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Cycle Time

Throughput Time

Throughput Rate

None of these options

WIP Level

Now suppose that the process was redesigned to operate as $6$ independent worker cells. In this design, each worker handles all the tasks for a given watch. What would be the process capacity of this cellular design in watches per hour? Hint: This will require you to first compute capacity for one worker cell and then multiple that capacity by $6,$ since there will be $6$ cells working in parallel.

Group of answer choices

$54$ watches$/$hour

$60$ watches$/$hour

$48$ watches$/$hour

$30$ watches$/$hour

Given your expertise in analyzing watch production processes, another watch manufacturer has asked you to evaluate the throughput time in their high$-$end custom manufacturing process. They do not want to provide details on all of their process steps $($due to confidentiality issues$),$ but are willing to share that the average throughput rate of their process is $200$ watches$/$hour and that the average work$-$in$-$process inventory level is $400$ watches. Based on this information, what is your best estimate of their average throughput time?

Group of answer choices

$1$ hour

$30$ minutes

$20$ minutes

$2$ hours

$4$ hoursThe Geneva Watch Corporation manufactures watches using a worker$-$paced line with $6$

stations. There is room for $2$ unit of inventory $($buffer$)$ between each station. One

worker stands at each station and performs the following tasks:

These $6$ workers begin their workday at $8$:$00$ am and work steadily until $4$:$00$ pm$.($They

are replaced with other workers for breaks and lunches, but the production is not slowed

or stopped during these times.$)$ At $4$:$00,$ no new watch parts are introduced into Station

$A,$ and the conveyor belt continues until all af the work in process inventory has been

processed and leaves Station F$.$ Thus, each morning the workers begin with an empty

system.