Scenario C:

Suppose you have a three task sequence. All customers go to Task A. After task A, 20% of customers go to Task B; the other 80% go to task C. After task B or C, all customers then go to Task D before leaving. There is an inventory buffer in between each station. Each buffer is empty at the start of each day.

Suppose throughput capacities are as follows. Task A: 30 customers/hour; task B: 10 customers/hour; task C: 20 customers/hour; task D, 32 customers/hour.

At what rate will customers leave task D (in customers/hour)? Pick the closest answer.

Scenario C:

Suppose you have a three task sequence. All customers go to Task A. After task A, 20% of customers go to Task B; the other 80% go to task C. After task B or C, all customers then go to Task D before leaving. There is an inventory buffer in between each station. Each buffer is empty at the start of each day.

Suppose throughput capacities are as follows. Task A: 30 customers/hour; task B: 10 customers/hour; task C: 20 customers/hour; task D, 32 customers/hour.

At what rate will customers leave task D (in customers/hour)? Pick the closest answer.

10

15

20

25

30

35

Refer to Scenario C. Which task(s) will be blocked? Check all that apply

Refer to Scenario C. Which task(s) will be blocked? Check all that apply

A

B

C

D

E

None of the above

Refer to Scenario C. Which task(s) will be starved? Check all that apply.

Refer to Scenario C. Which task(s) will be starved? Check all that apply.

A

B

C

D

None of the above

Refer to Scenario C. After 1 hour, how many units will be in the buffer between tasks A and B?

Refer to Scenario C. After 1 hour, how many units will be in the buffer between tasks A and B?

0

2

4

6

8

10

Refer to Scenario C. After 1 hour, how many units will be in the buffer between Tasks A and C?

Refer to Scenario C. After 1 hour, how many units will be in the buffer between Tasks A and C?

0

2

4

6

8

10

Refer to Scenario C. What would the utilization of Task A be?

Refer to Scenario C. What would the utilization of Task A be?

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%