Question: A . Suppose worker A averages 1 0 0 picks per hour, worker B averages 6 0 picks per hour, and worker C averages 4

A. Suppose worker A averages 100 picks per hour, worker B averages
60 picks per hour, and worker C averages 40 picks per hour. If the average order
requires 100 picks would be the average rate of order completion of the team under
bucket brigades?
B. Assume the workers above are assigned zones with equal work in each. For each
of the following arrangements of workers along the direction of material flow, give the
average rate of order completion of the team and identify where work-in-process would
accumulate and where there would be idleness (starvation).
A ! B ! C
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A ! C ! B
B ! C ! A
B ! A ! C
C ! A ! B
C ! B ! A

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