Question: Number of workers 4 3 4 4 6 Processing time for A ( minutes / unit / worker ) 2 5 0 4 8 Processing

Number of workers 43446
Processing time for A (minutes/unit/worker)25048
Processing time for B (minutes/unit/worker)54806
Processing time for C (minutes/unit/worker)40385
Capacity
Capacity (minutes/hour)
Capacity (minutes/day)(8 hours/day)
Demand, Workload, & Implied Utilization
Demand for A (units/day)
Demand for B (units/day)
Demand for C (units/day)
Workload on A (minutes/day)
Workload on B (minutes/day)
Workload on C (minutes/day)
Total workload (minutes/day)2070
Implied utilization (%,2 decimals)
Flow Rate & Utilization
Flow rate of A (units/day)
Flow rate of B (units/day)
Flow rate of C (units/day)
Effective workload on A (minutes/day)
Effective workload on B (minutes/day)
Effective workload on C (minutes/day)
Total effective workload (minutes/day)
Effective IU (%,2 decimals)86.81%
Utilization (%,2 decimals)
Note: if a worker works in multiple resources, the worker distributes his/her work time on those
resources. In that case, the worker counts for the resources can be decimal numbers.
On the supply side, we know how many workers are in charge of each resource and the
processing time in minutes per unit for each product at each resource. Zero processing time
means the product of interest does not go through the corresponding resource at all. Besides,
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