Q. A production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing is shown in Figure S7.9. Drilling operation occurs separately from, also simultaneously with, sawing also sanding operations a) Which operation is bottleneck? b) Illustrate what is process time of overall system? c) Illustrate what is process cycle time of overall system? d) If firm operates 8 hours per day, 20 days per month, illustrate what is monthly capacity of manufacturing process?
See Figure
Sawing 6 units/hr
Sanding 6 units/hr
Drilling 2.4 units/hr
Welding 2 units/hr
Assembly 0.7 units/hr
Assembly 0.7 units/hr
Assembly 0.7 units/hr
A product needs to go through only one of three assembly operations (operations are in parallel).