. Consider the two processes shown below. Which one will have on average the higher total production outcome (i.e., total number of products produced in a given time period)?

1. Process A
2. Process B
3. On average, they will have the same total production outcome.

2. What happens in Process B above if the buffer size increases from 2 to 10?

1. Throughput time increases
2. Throughput time decreases
3. Starving increases
4. Throughput rate decreases
   1. None of the above 4. On a typical weekday in January, 4200 customers visit the local Wal-Mart. It is estimated that, on average, there are 350 customers in the store. Assuming that the store is open 14 hours a day, how much time does the average customer spend in the store?
      1. 7 min
      2. 20 min
      3. 14 hours
      4. 1.167 hours
      5. None of these