Question: Wally s Widget Warehouse takes orders from 7 A . M . to 7 P . M . The manager wants to analyze the process

Wallys Widget Warehouse takes orders from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. The manager wants to analyze the process and has provided the following process flow diagram. There are three steps required to ship a customer order. The first step is to take the order from a customer. The second step is to pick the order for the customer, and then they have to pack the order to ready it for shipping. The order-taking step works at a maximum rate of 100 customer orders per hour. Order picking works at a maximum of 75 per hour, and packing works at 50 per hour.
A flow chart. Step 1. Customers. Step 2. Take orders, 100 customers per hour. Step 3. Customer orders. Step 4. Pick orders, 75 customers per hour. Step 5. Picked orders. Step 6. Pack orders, 50 customers per hour. Step 7. Wait for the shipper.
Wally wants to figure out the following.
What is the current maximum output of the process assuming that no one works overtime? (For your answers to these questions, assume that everyone can start working at 7 A.M.)

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