We have a hypothetical business process with three consecutive resources $$ a hand$-$carwash

process, for example. Information about important aspects of the business is presented in the

table$/$template below. Note that the template shows you the recommended steps to calculate

various efficiency measurements. You do not need to fill in the shaded cells. Make sure to show

equations and calculations in your work.

Resource R$1$ R$2$ R$3$ PR

Processing time $($min$/$unit$/$worker$)536$

Number of workers $213$

Hourly wage $($$$/$hour$/$worker$)222024$

Capacity $($units$/$hour$)$

Demand $($units$/$hour$)24242424$

Flow Rate $($units$/$hour$)$

Cycle time $($min$)$

Efficiency Measurements R$1$ R$2$ R$3$ PR

Paid time $($min$/$unit$)$

Labor cost $($$$/$hour$)$

Cost of direct labor $($$$/$unit$)$ CODL

Labor content $($min$/$unit$)$ LCT

Idle time $($min$/$unit$)$ IDT & TIDT

Employee utilization & ALU

Average labor utilization $($ALU$)$

Average labor utilization $($ALU$)$

$($a$)[2]$ Find the flow rate and cycle time, assuming demand is $24$ units per hour.

$($b$)[2]$ Find the cost of direct labor $($CODL$)$ and make a statement about it$.$

$($c$)[2]$ Find the labor content $($LCT$)$ and make a statement about it$.$

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$($d$)[3]$ Find the average labor utilization $($ALU$)$ in three ways $($Module $04$ Slide $48),$ and make a

statement about it$.$ For this part, make sure to show detailed calculations outside the table.

$($e$)[1]$ If the process starts out empty, how long, in minutes, does it take the process to complete

$15$ units? Note that workers at the same resource can perfectly share work at that resource. You

would answer this part outside the above table. $($Hint: Module $04$ Slide $35)$

Note: in this question, we focus on efficiency of time usage and disregard wage$-$rate differences;

in the future, you can modify the calculations to measure efficiency of money usage.