Failsafe Textiles employs three highly skilled maintenance workers who are responsible for repairing the numerous industrial robots

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Failsafe Textiles employs three highly skilled maintenance workers who are responsible for repairing the numerous industrial robots used in its manufacturing process. A worker can fix one robot every 8 hours on average, with an exponential distribution. An average of one robot fails every 3 hours, according to a Poisson distribution. Each down robot costs the company $100.00 per hour in lost production. A new maintenance worker costs the company $80.00 per hour in salary, benefits, and equipment. Should the manager hire any new personnel? If so, how many people? What would you recommend to the manager, based on your analysis?


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Operations Management Processes and Supply Chains

ISBN: 978-0132807395

10th edition

Authors: Lee J. Krajewski, Larry P. Ritzman, Manoj K. Malhotra

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