A production line at V. J. Sugumaran's machine shop has three stations. The first station can process a unit in 5 minutes. The second station has three identical machines, each of which can process a unit in 18 minutes (each unit only needs to be processed on one of the three machines). The third station can process a unit in 7 minutes.

a) Which station is the bottleneck station?

b) What is the bottleneck time? (Answer in minutes per unit)

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Leo Curtis

30 March, 22:32

A production line at V. J. Sugumaran's machine shop has three stations. The first station can process a unit in 5 minutes. The second station has three identical machines, each of which can process a unit in 18 minutes (each unit only needs to be processed on one of the three machines). The third station can process a unit in 7 minutes.

a) Which station is the bottleneck station?

b) What is the bottleneck time? (Answer in minutes per unit)

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Mya Garner · Answer 1

Station 2 is a bottleneck station, with a bottleneck time of 18 minutes per unit

Explanation:

The reason is that the station 2 machines consume more time than the machines of other station one and two. This means that the bottleneck time that every product takes in the second station is more than all other stations hence it is bottleneck station and its time is bottleneck time which is 18 minutes per unit here.