Question: 3. The below example shows a process to treat a patient in an ER. It consists of three stages: Triage, Treatment, and Checkout. Assume that

3. The below example shows a process to treat a patient in an ER. It consists of three stages: Triage, Treatment, and Checkout. Assume that a patient comes every 30 mins. There is no randomness in the patient arrival rate or the service rate.

Triage (10 minutes)

Treatment (60 minutes)

Checkout (5 mins)

a) What is the Throughput time (Do not include any waiting time)?

b) What is the Cycle time of the entire Process (i.e. how fast do patients come out of this system)?

c) If there is any waiting in this system between stages please identify where a que will form.

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