Cartons arrive at a workstation via a roller conveyor spur at a Poisson rate of 30 per

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Cartons arrive at a workstation via a roller conveyor spur at a Poisson rate of 30 per hour. The time required to process the carton at the workstation is exponentially distributed with a mean of 1.2 minutes. How long must the accumulation line be such that it will not be full more than 5% of the time? (Note: When the accumulation line is full, cartons are diverted to a separate accumulation area.)

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Facilities Planning

ISBN: 9780470444047

4th Edition

Authors: James A. Tompkins, John A. White, Yavuz A. Bozer, J. M. A. Tanchoco

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