The shipping department at a local manufacturer of glass coffee mugs follows the two-step process shown below to get each coffee mug ready for shipping. With a batch size of 300 coffee mugs, what will be the maximum inventory between the “bubble  wrap” and “box” work stations?  Assume that demand is unlimited.

A three-step production process is used to produce toy race cars and toy fire trucks.  Demand for race cars is 20 per hour, while demand for fire trucks is 30 per hour.  Implied utilizations have been calculated for the three machines as follows: Machine 1 2 3 Implied Utilization .75 1.20 .95 What will be the hourly flow rates in this process for race cars and fire trucks, respectively?  Round your answers to the nearest integer.

The capacity of a nonbottleneck resource is _________ the capacity of the process.

The _________ of a resource is how long that particular resource takes to complete one flow unit.

According to the article “Operational Capabilities: Hidden in Plan View” which of the following would be an example of a standard operational practice in a local coffee shop?

The resource with the _________ is the bottleneck in a process with multiple types of flow units.

Which of the following statements about setups is FALSE?

The following process is used to produce widgets and gadgets.  The solid arrows show the flow path for widgets and the dashed arrows show the flow path for gadgets. Daily demand is for 200 widgets and 150 gadgets.  What will be the daily demands on the five resources?

Metal tags for industrial use are produced in the process shown below.  Tags are made for all seven days of the week and each time the stamping machine switches from one day of the week to the next it requires a setup that takes 20 seconds.  The polishing machine requires no setups. What batch size should be chosen in order to minimize excess inventory without reducing the overall process flow rate?

Process utilization is the ratio between _________ and _________.