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?