If trucks arrive in a Poisson fashion at a rate of 20 vehicles per eight-hour day, and

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If trucks arrive in a Poisson fashion at a rate of 20 vehicles per eight-hour day, and truck unloading time is exponentially distributed with a mean of 40 minutes, how many docks should be planned if the goal is an average total truck turnaround time of less than 50 minutes? (See Chapter 10, Section 9 for waiting line models.)

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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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