. Bill builds benches in a small shop and he plans to operatefive 8-hour days per week. Each bench has two ends and a top. Ittakes 5 minutes to cut and sand each end and 2 minutes to make eachtop. Assembly requires 8 minutes per bench, and painting requires 5minutes per bench. Bill has one employee who makes the tops andends. Bill will do the final assembly and painting. He also plans 1hour per day for setup and teardown for each department. a. Howmany benches should he plan to build per week?
How many hours per week are required for each person?
c. Suggest ways to increase the number of benches produced perweek.
