Question

At the fourth and final resource, one operator handles the product. No quality problems exist at this step and the processing time is 12 minutes per unit. For every unit of demand, how many units have to flow through the second step in the process

Answer 1

2.25 units.

Step-by-step explanation:

Processing time is 5 minutes per unit for step 1. The total capacity is 60 minutes then no. of units produced can be;

60 / 5 = 12 units per hour.

For second step processing time is 4 minutes per unit. There is 0.85 unit of product is scrapped. Then no. of units produced per hour can be ;

60 / 4 = 15 units per hour.

After scrap the net product units per hour will be;

15 units * [1 - 0.85] = 2.25 units per hour.