Question: An eight-station assembly machine has an ideal cycle time of 6 sec. The fraction defect rate at each of the eight stations is q=0.015, and the system operates using the instantaneous control strategy. When a breakdown occurs it takes 1 min, on average, for the system to be put back into operation. Determine the production rate for the assembly machine, the yield of good product (final assemblies containing no defective components), and proportion up-time of the system.