Question: (/ 25pts ) Consider a process to deliver meals to those in need with the following three steps and the processing times and number of
- (/25pts) Consider a process to deliver meals to those in need with the following three steps and the processing times and number of resources shown
| Step | Processing time (min/meal) | # Workers |
| 1) Pick items | 20 | 4 |
| 2) Pack in box and add address | 12 | 2 |
| 3) Deliver | 32 | 6 |
a) (/7) What is the capacity of each step (meals/hr)?
b) (/5) Which step is the bottleneck? What is the process capacity (meals/hr)?
c) (/3) What is the flow rate of the process, if demand is 8 meals/hour?
d) (/5) If demand is 8 meals/hour what is the utilization of each resource?
e) (/5) One of the workers has called in sick. Workers at the food pantry are cross-trained to do either step 1 or 2 but cannot do step 3 (drive). Can the process be rebalanced among the remaining workers to meet demand?
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