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1. Departments A through E of a company manufacture bookcases using a line flow system. The table below shows capacity amounts for processing feet of lumber in each department.
Dept Capacity ( Feet per hour)
A 100
B 85
C 120
D 60
E 90
2. Suppose the lumber arrives at Department A with a rate of 45 feet per hour (i.e., available input = 45) and the demand is not constraining the process. Which of the following statements is false?
The bottleneck department of the manufacturing process is D.
The process capacity is 60 feet per hour.
The flow rate of the system is 45 feet per hour.
The process utilization is 75%.
The lowest utilization of all departments is 37.5%.
The system is currently a capacity-constrained process.
3. Assume now that neither the input nor the demand is constraining the process. How could the overall system/process capacity be increased to 90 feet per hour?
Increase the capacity of Department B by 5 feet per hour
Increase the capacity of Department D by 30 feet per hour
Decrease the capacity of Department A by 10 feet per hour
Decrease the capacity of Department A by 10 feet per hour and that of Department C by 30 feet per hour
Increase the capacity of Department D by 30 feet per hour and that of Department B by 5 feet per hour
None of the above