Question: Referring to exercise 1, assume that additional analysis was performed and it was determined that an average of 255 patients (with a standard deviation of

Referring to exercise 1, assume that additional analysis was performed and it was determined that an average of 255 patients (with a standard deviation of 30) requiring blood work come to the lab each day. It was further determined that the duration of the nurses breaks range from 9 to 13.5 minutes, with all times in the range equally likely, and that the time taken for lunch ranged from 28 minutes 34 minutes, again with all times in the range equally likely. Using Crystal Ball or another simulations package, develop a distribution for the take time, assuming that the number of patients that arrived on a given day is normally distributed. What are the managerial implications of your analysis.

For reference, 9.1 stated the time between patient arrivals to the blood drawing unit of a medical lab averages two minutes. The lab is staffed with two nurses who actually draw the patients' blood. The nurses work from 9:00AM to 5:30PM and get two 10 minutes breaks and a half hour for lunch.

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