PT ABC produces disinfectants by mixing 2 chemical solutions for mixingin a machine to become a disinfectant solution (solution 1 and solution 2). Solution 1 isthe first process which was carried out on workstation A for 0.5 minutes per solution latercontinued at workstation B for 0.2 minutes per solution. Which then istogether solution 1 was mixed with solution 2 on workstation C for 0.8 minutes persolution. Workstations B and C are processed at workstation D for the mixing processtogether where the process is for 6 minutes per solution until it becomes a solutiondisinfectant to sell to customers.a. Which workstations are the bottleneck? Explain with a picture of the workstation.b. What is the resulting time (throughput time) of the entire work system above?c. How much disinfectant solution can a company produce per hour?

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PT ABC produces disinfectants by mixing 2 chemical solutions for mixing
in a machine to become a disinfectant solution (solution 1 and solution 2). Solution 1 is
the first process which was carried out on workstation A for 0.5 minutes per solution later
continued at workstation B for 0.2 minutes per solution. Which then is
together solution 1 was mixed with solution 2 on workstation C for 0.8 minutes per
solution. Workstations B and C are processed at workstation D for the mixing process
together where the process is for 6 minutes per solution until it becomes a solution
disinfectant to sell to customers.
a. Which workstations are the bottleneck? Explain with a picture of the workstation.
b. What is the resulting time (throughput time) of the entire work system above?
c. How much disinfectant solution can a company produce per hour?

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