Question: Suppose capacity at Pressing is doubled by adding 2 persons and 2 pressing machines. What is the new daily capacity (number of customers served) of
Suppose capacity at Pressing is doubled by adding 2 persons and 2 pressing machines. What is the new daily capacity (number of customers served) of the dry-cleaning process as a whole?
Order taking: 1 minute per item
Pre-treatment: 1.056 minute per item
Dry-Cleaning: 0.6667 minute per item
Work Process: 2.5 minutes per item
Packing: 0.5 minute per item
Customer Pickup & Payment: 1 minute per item
One presser machine processes = 24 items per hour
Two presser machines will be processing = 24 * 2 = 48 items per hour
After adding additional two persons and two pressing machines = 24 * 4 = 96 items per hour
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