1. Suppose that a voting facility processes an average of 54 people per hour (throughput) and that, on average, it takes 15 minutes for each person to complete the voting process (flow time).

2. Suppose that the loan department of a bank takes an average of 3 days (0.1 months) to process an application (flowtime) and that an internal audit found that about 120 applications are in various stages of processing at any one time (work-in-process).

3. Suppose that a restaurant makes 410 pizzas per week, each of which uses 1/2 pound of dough, and that it typically maintains an inventory of 60 pounds of dough.

Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below.

Open spreadsheet

1. What is the work-in-process for the problem 1? Round your answer to two decimal places.

[] voters

2. What is the throughput (per month) for the problem 2? Round your answer to the nearest whole value.

[] applications per month

3. What is the flow time (in weeks) for the problem 3? Round your answer to two decimal places.

[] 4 weeks