Consider consecutive processes A-B-C, where process A has a capacity of 20 units per hour, process B has a capacity of 25 units per hour, and process C has a capacity of 30 units per hour. Where would an operations manager want any inventory?

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June Middleton

2 January, 06:19

Consider consecutive processes A-B-C, where process A has a capacity of 20 units per hour, process B has a capacity of 25 units per hour, and process C has a capacity of 30 units per hour. Where would an operations manager want any inventory?

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Kole Murillo · Answer 1

A) in front of process A

Explanation:

Process A can be considered the bottleneck of this operation since it has the lowest effective capacity. This bottleneck will cause imbalances in all the processes since the overall performance will be subject to the performance of this process.

In order to lower the delays caused by process A, you must keep it working as much time as you can, if it sis possible, it should be operating 24/7. Any delay sin this process will cause all the other processes to stop, so you need a constant inventory to feed this process.