Station 2 uses one machine, with an average effective process time of 30 min with an SCV of 1. The arrival rate is 1.8/hr, also with an SCV of 1. Between stations 1 and 2 is a buffer that can hold at most 10 jobs.

a) Model Station 2 as a Blocked Queue. i. What is the utilization at station 2? u = ______________

ii. What is the station WIP? WIP = ________________

iii. What is the station throughput? TH = ________________

iv. What is the station cycle time? CT = ________________

b) Reduce the buffer size between the stations from 10 down to 1 and re-compute the above measures. What happens to throughput, WIP and cycle time? Comment on this as a strategy. WIP = ________________ TH = ________________ CT = ________________ Comment: __________________________________________________________________