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A process has anaverage throughput rate of 2 units an hour. The throughput rangesbetween 1.5 and 2.5 per hour. Once or twice a month on the dayswhen the most experienced worker is operating the process and thereare no interruptions during the process and when the inputmaterials are just right, the process has a throughput rate of 3units an hour. The machine designer says the actual capacity of themachine is 4 units an hour.

What should the opsmanager state the current capacity (i.e., maximum sustainablethroughput) of this process is:?

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Operations Management A process has an average throughput rate of 2 units an hour The throughput ranges between 15 and 25 per hour Once or twice a month on the days when the most experienced worker is operating the process and    See Answer
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