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Item87.69points Time Remaining 9 minutes 29 seconds 00:09:29ItemSkippedeBook Hint Print References Check my work Check My Work button is now enabled Item 8 Time Remaining 9 minutes 29 seconds 00:09:29Problem 3-8(Algo)New Time Videos (NTV) is a new online video rental service. In the field, it is trying to compete by offering its customers access to all of the major new video releases in one business day. That is, if you order a video from NTV, you can expect it in one business day from the time when you placed the order. When you are done with the video, you simply drop it in the prepaid mailing envelope and return it. All videos arrive in a sorting facility located in the Midwest where envelopes with the videos are opened, checked (right video with the right sleeve, no scratches, no cracks, no dirt on the videos), and made ready to be sent out again. As the manager of this facility, your goal is to turn the returned videos around in 4 hours (a shift is eight hours long). You have the following information:Inventory of videos:380,000per shiftThroughput:240,000per shiftCalculate the expected average flow time. (Hint: Use Littles Law.)What changes would you recommend to meet the goal of processing a returned video within four hours?

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