Answer:
A. 15 per min or 900 bottles per hour
B. Station 4
C. No increase
Explanation:
a) Calculation to determine the processing capacity (bottles/hr) for the machine paced line
Output of station 1 = 60 /1
Output of station 1 = 60 per minutes
Output of station 2 = 60/3
Output of station 2 =20 per minute
Output of station 3 = 2x 60/5
Output of station 3 =24per minute
Output of station 4 = 60/4
Output of station 4=15 per minute
Based on the above calculation the PROCESS CAPACITY of the machine paced line will either be 15 per minute or 900 bottles per hour (15minx60)
b)The BOTTLENECK in the process will be STATION 4
c) In a situation were an identical labelling machine is been added to the process there won't be any increase in the processing capacity in terms of bottles/hr reason been that the bottleneck is not the labelling machine.