Problem 11 11 Rockness Recycling Refurbishes Rundown Business Students Process Uses Moving Q29570887

Problem 11-11

Rockness Recycling refurbishes rundown business students. Theprocess uses a moving belt, which carries each student through thefive steps of the process in sequence. The five steps are asfollows:

STEPDESCRIPTIONTIME REQUIRED
PER STUDENT1Unpack and place on belt1.0minutes2Strip off bad habits1.2minutes3Scrub and clean mind1.0minutes4Insert modern methods1.5minutes5Polish and pack0.8minute

One faculty member is assigned to each of these steps. Facultymembers work a 40-hour week and rotate jobs each week. Mr. Rocknesshas been working on a contract from General Eclectic, whichrequires delivery of 2,000 refurbished students per week. Arepresentative of the human resources department has just calledcomplaining that the company hasn’t been receiving the agreed-uponnumber of students. A check of finished goods inventory by Mr.Rockness reveals that there is no stock left.

a.Calculate the maximum output foreach step.StepMaximumoutput
(Students per week)1       2       3       4       5       b.Which step is thebottleneck?step 4step 5step 1step 2step 3