Question: Question 3 ( 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8 points ) Use Little s formula to answer the following two questions. Little

Question 3(2+2+2+2=8 points)
Use Littles formula to answer the following two questions.
Littles formula: WIP = Flow rate \times Flow time.
a) You are working as an HR intern at a large property management company. The company has an employee turnover of 12% a year and an employee base of 80. You are given the following task: Find (i) how many new employees the company must hire every year, and (ii) the average time an employee spends in the company.
b) Assume the pediatricians office is open 8:00 a.m. to noon. Arrivals and departures to a pediatricians office are collected and reported below. Given these, how many patients on average are in the office?
Patient Arrival Departure
18:008:30
28:159:30
310:0010:30
410:1511:15
510:4512:00
c) You started working at a big hardware store. The store turns its inventory of drill driver kits 16 times per year. If the store has an average inventory of 20 drill driver kits, what is the average daily sales rate for the kits? (Assume that there are 360 days per year)
d) A post office serves 108 customers over its busy period from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm on a Saturday. At any point in time, there is an average of 15 people are in the post office (waiting in line and being served). What is the average amount of time that a person spends in the post office?

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