A commercial bread bakery wants to evaluate its capacity, in terms of how many kilograms of...

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A commercial bread bakery wants to evaluate its capacity, interms of how many kilograms of bread it can produce per hour. Asimplified version of the process is shown below:
In the mixing stage, all of the ingredients are combined to formthe dough.
Stage
Capacity(kg/hr/machine)
number of machines
Mixing
50
3
Proofing
35
4
Baking
20
5
Packaging
65
2
The dough must then rise in a controlled environment called aproofing box or proofing oven, which monitors humidity andtemperature. Following the proofing, the bread is then formed intoloaves and baked. In the final stage, the bread is packaged priorto distribution to retail outlets. The bakery currently has thefollowing equipment:
What is the current maximum output of the bakery inkilograms of bread per hour?
Where is the bottleneck in the process?
If an additional piece of equipment were purchased toincrease the capacity of the bottleneck, what would be the newcapacity?

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Note In case of any doubt please mention it in the comment section Thank you Stage Capacity kghrmachine Number of machines Capacity kghr Mixing 50 3 150 Proofing 35 4 140 Baking 20 5 100 See Answer

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Stage	Capacity(kg/hr/machine)	number of machines

Mixing	50	3
Proofing	35	4
Baking	20	5
Packaging	65	2