Question: A person is responsible for putting away boxes into a long aisle. Basic information: They can carry one box at a time They walk at
A person is responsible for putting away boxes into a long aisle. Basic information:
- They can carry one box at a time
- They walk at 2.5 miles per hour, whether carrying a box or not
- There is always product available for them to put away at the end of the aisle
- The location where product must be put away is randomly uniformly distributed across the length of the aisle
- There will always be an available location for putaway
- The width of aisle can be considered negligible
- The person takes 5 seconds to pick up a box at the end of the aisle, and then 10 seconds to put away a box when they arrive at a location
What is the average putaway productivity for this person (in boxes per hour), as a function of row length?
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