Myra Operates a Punch Press on a Production Line

question 37

Multiple Choice

Myra operates a punch press on a production line. Because she is slower than the operators both before and after her in the process, work stacks up at her press. Myra is a

• A) bottleneck.
• B) constraint.
• C) defect.
• D) hazard.

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