Robert Klassen Manufacturing, a medical equipment manufacturer, subjected 100 heart pacemakers to 5,000 hours of testing. Halfway

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Robert Klassen Manufacturing, a medical equipment manufacturer, subjected 100 heart pacemakers to 5,000 hours of testing. Halfway through the testing, 5 pacemakers failed. What was the failure rate in terms of the following:

a) Percentage of failures?

b) Number of failures per unit-hour of operating time?

c) Number of failures per unit-year?

d) If 1,100 people receive pacemaker implants, how many units can we expect to fail during the following year? L01

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Operations Management Sustainability And Supply Chain Management

ISBN: 9781292295039

13th Global Edition

Authors: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson

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