Question

Throughput time is defined as: Group of answer choices a) the elapsed time a job spends at a bottleneck. b) the elapsed time from the start to the finish of a job, not including the time the job waits for processing. c) the total elapsed time from the start to the finish of a job being processed at one or more workcenters. d) the average time between products completed on an assembly time.

Answer 1

Answer:

The total elapsed time from the start to finish of a job being processed at one or more work centers.  

Explanation:

Throughput time is the time that has been taken in manufacturing a product. The manufacturing time includes the production as well as the other periods associated with converting raw materials into the goods one. The manufacturing time is also related to the throughput time. Throughput time is the time in which a company puts its efforts to increase the efficiency of the products. The whole process can be divided into many processes such as:

• Processing time

• Inspection time

• Move time

• Queue time

• Throughput time