This objective test question contains a question type which will only appear in a computer-based exam, but this question provides valuable practice for all students whichever version of the exam they are taking. Skye Limited has a two process environment, and details of these processes are as follows: Process P: Each machine produces 6 units an hour and Skye has 8 machines working at 90% capacity. Process Q: Each machine produces 9 units per hour and Skye has 6 machines working at 85% capacity. One of Skye products is Cloud. Cloud is not particularly popular but does sell at a selling price of $20 although discounts of 15% apply. Material costs are $5 and direct labour costs are double the material cost. Cloud spends 0.2 hours in process P but 0.3 hours in process Q. What is Cloud’s throughput per hour in its bottleneck process?
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The first step is to identify the bottleneck. Process P output is 6 × 8 × 0.9 = 43.2 per hour. Process Q output is 9 × 6 × 0.85 = 45.9 per hour. In the absence of other information, then process P is slower, and so is the bottleneck. Cloud:
The first step is to identify the bottleneck. Process P output is 6 × 8 × 0.9 = 43.2 per hour. Process Q output is 9 × 6 × 0.85 = 45.9 per hour. In the absence of other information, then process P is slower, and so is the bottleneck. Cloud: