Question

SSS Manufacturing has a five station work cell. Station 1 has a production capacity of 3 per hour. Station 2 has a production capacity of 5 per hour. Station 3 has two identical machines, each of which has a production capacity of 2 per hour (each unit only needs to be processed on one of the two machines). Station 4 has a production capacity of 4 per hour. Station 5 has a production capacity of 6 per hour. Which station is the bottleneck station?

Answer 1

Station 1

Step-by-step explanation:

A bottleneck station is a point of congestion in a production system. It is the station that limits the capacity of the whole system. In an array of stations, the bottleneck station is the station with the lowest capacity.

For the case above, the capacity of each station is stated below;

Station 1 = 3 per hour

Station 2 = 5 per hour

Station 3 = 2+2 = 4 per hour

Station 4 = 4 per hour

Station 5 = 6 per hour

Therefore, the station with the lowest capacity is station 1, which is the bottleneck station for the system.