The Winnisquam Marine factory tour offers an opportunity to examine the capacity implications of a a manufacturing environment that utilizes a combination of process-oriented layout and product-oriented layout. Take the Winnisquam tour.

a. What aspects of Winnisquam production seem to have high levels of capacity? Which aspects have lower levels of capacity? Which steps in the production process appear to be designed for high levels of output? Where do you think capacity and flexibility have been a tradeoff for Winnisquam?

b. From the tour, which processes do you suspect are constraints to Winnisquam's output? How might the constraints be eliminated?