Question: A food-processing system starts by processing a 25-pound batch of raw of prod- uct, which requires 1.05 + WEIB(0.982, 5.03) minutes. Assume an infinite supply

A food-processing system starts by processing a 25-pound batch of raw of prod- uct, which requires 1.05 + WEIB(0.982, 5.03) minutes. Assume an infinite supply of raw product. As soon as a batch has completed processing, it is removed from the processor and placed in a separator where it is divided into 1-pound units. The separation process requires 0.051 minute per pound. Note that this is not a batch process, but rather in each 0.05 time unit a 1-pound unit is completed. These 1-pound units are sent to one of the three wrapping machines. Each wrapping machine has its own queue, with the unit being sent to the shortest queue. The wrappers are identical machines, except for the processing times. The wrapping times are constants of 0.20, 0.22, and 0.25 minute for wrappers 1, 2, and 3, respectively. The wrapped products are grouped, by wrapper, into batches of six for final packaging. Once a group of six items is available, that group is sent to a packer that packs the product, which takes 0.18 1 WEIB(0.24, 4.79) minutes. These packages exit the system. Assume all transfer times are negligible.

  1. (a) Develop a simulation and animation of this system and run it for 1,000 min- utes, observing statistics on resource utilizations, queues, and the total number of packages shipped

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