Part D) I would like to double check my answer The Pullman Mfg., Inc. three-station work cell illustrated in the figure below has two machines at station 1 in parallel. (The product needs to go through only one of the two machines beforeproceeding to station 2.)12 min/unitStation 1Machine AStation 1Machine B12 min/unitStation 24 min/unitStation 310 min/unitThe manager, Seimone Hartley, has asked you to evaluate the system if she adds a parallel machine at station 3.a) The throughput time of the new work cell is 26 minutes (enter your response as a whole number).b) The bottleneck time of the new work cell is 6 minutes per unit (enter your response as a whole number).c) If the firm operates 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell with the second machine at workstation 3 is 600 units (enter your response as a whole number).d) If the firm operates 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, the weekly capacity of the work cell without the second machine at workstation 3 is 300 units (enter your response as a whole number).

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