Assignment:
Rockness Recycling refurbishes rundown business students. The process uses a moving belt, which carries each student through the five steps of the process in sequence. The five steps are as follows
STEP DESCRIPTION
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Step
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Description
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Time Required Per Student
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1
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Unpack and place on belt
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1.0 minutes
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2
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Strip off bad habits
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1.2 minutes
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3
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Scrub and clean mind
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1.0 minutes
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4
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Insert modern methods
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1.5 minutes
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5
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Polish and pack
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0.8 minutes
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One faculty member is assigned to each of these steps. Faculty members work a 40-hour week and rotate jobs each week. Mr Rockness has been working on a contract from General Eclectic, which requires delivery of 2,000 refurbished students per week. A representative of the human resources department has just called complaining that the company hasn't been receiving the agreed- upon number of students. A check of finished goods inventory by Mr. Rockness reveals that there is no stock left.
a. Calculate the maximum output for each step.
b. Which step is the bottleneck?