Question: Show me the steps to solve :Problem 1 : Spiffy Car Wash Spiffy Car Wash offers four types of service to its customers: The Basics:

Show me the steps to solve :Problem 1: Spiffy Car Wash
Spiffy Car Wash offers four types of service to its customers:
The Basics: simple car wash/dry
Deluxe Wash: wheels cleaned, then car wash/dry
Deluxe Wash and Wax: wheels cleaned, car wash/dry, car waxed
The Works: wheels cleaned, car wash/dry, car waxed, interior of the car detailed
Activity descriptions, times, and staffing are provided below for the various cleaning stations:
Station
Description
Number of Workers/Machines
Processing Time (per car)
Wheel Cleaning
Manually clean all four wheels
1 dedicated worker
5 minutes
Car Wash/Dry
Automated cleaning and drying process
1 car wash machine with 1 dedicated worker
5 minutes
Car Wax
Manually apply wax
1 dedicated worker
30 minutes
Interior Detailing
Manually clean and vacuum the interior of the car
2 dedicated workers
60 minutes
Assume that on average cars arrive uniformly at a rate of 10 cars per hour during the hours of 8:00 am and 6:00 pm (the hours in which Spiffy is open for business). Also, 40% of the customer's request the Basics, 30% request the Deluxe Wash, 20% request the Deluxe Wash and Wax, and 10% request The Works.
1.
Question 1
Which of the four stations is the bottleneck?
1 point
Car Wax
Interior Detailing
Car Wash / Dry
Wheel Cleaning
2.
Question 2
What is the implied utilization at the Interior Detailing station? Write your answer as an integer.
1 point
Enter answer here
Spiffy decides to offer a special holiday price through the month of December on its service The Basics. As a result, the demand rate increases to 15 cars per hour, uniformly distributed during the hours of operation. This special also results in a change in the mix of services demanded. Now, 70% of customers request The Basics, 20% request the Deluxe Wash, 5% request the Deluxe Wash and Wax, and 5% request The Works.
3.
Question 3
How is the process performance of Spiffy affected?
1 point
There is a new bottleneck in the process.
The number of cars that may be processed per day at Spiffy increases.
The number of cars that may be processed per day at Spiffy decreases.
Both A and B
Both A and C

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