The three-station work cell at Pullman Mfg., Inc. is illustrated in figure S7.8. It has two machines at station 1 in parallel (i.e., the product needs to go through only one of the two machines before proceeding to station 2).
(a) What is the process cycle time of this work cell?
(b) What is the system process time of this work cell?
(c) If the firm operates 8 hours per day, 6 days per week, what is the weekly capacity of this workcell?

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Station 1 Machine A 20 min/unit .. İYal Station 2 |....-mol Station 3 Station 1 Machine B 20 min/unit 12 min/unit 8 min/unit