Continuous Flow versus Departmental Flow Manufacturing Bienestar Inc., has the following departmental structure for producing...

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Continuous Flow versus Departmental Flow Manufacturing

Bienestar Inc., has the following departmental structure for producing a well-known multivitamin:

A consultant designed the following cellular manufacturing structure for the same product:

The times above the processes represent the time required to process one unit of product.

Required:

1. Calculate the time required to produce a batch of 15 bottles using a batch-processing departmental structure. __980____

2. Calculate the time to process 15 units using cellular manufacturing. Assume that the cell is not continuously producing. __396____

3. How much manufacturing time will the cellular manufacturing structure save for a batch of 15 units? Assume that the cell is not continuously producing. Round the answer to two decimal places. ______

Note: The answer to number 3 isn't 444, or 592

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