Consider the Simple 3-Station Assembly Line Illustrated Below, Where the 2

question 17

Multiple Choice

Consider the simple 3-station assembly line illustrated below, where the 2 machines at Station 1 are parallel, i.e., the product only needs to go through one of the 2 machines before proceeding to Station 2. What is the bottleneck time of this process?

• A) 12 min.
• B) 20 min.
• C) 38 min.
• D) 6 min.
• E) 10 min.

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