Capacity Issue – Basic production example

A production operation consists of a product passing through three micro-operations: stages A, B and C.
The tasks at Stage A takes one worker 10 minutes to complete and currently 6 workers are employed for this micro-operation.
The tasks at Stage B takes one worker 30 minutes to complete and currently 15 workers are employed for this micro-operation.
The tasks at Stage C takes one worker 20 minutes to complete and currently 8 workers are employed for this micro-operation.

a) Calculate the current capacity for each micro-operation and the operation as a whole.
b) Are there any issues with the current set-up? Bottlenecks etc.
c) What changes to personnel would you advise to improve the situation?

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