1.Estimate the hourly capacity of the following two service systems by obtaining their processing times.

a.An automatic car wash.

b.A cashier in a supermarket, a teller in a bank, or a similar service operation. Obtain the processing times for approximately six costumers.

2.Next time you visit your doctor's office, take notes of the various steps you go through and the associated processing times. For example, how long did check-in take? When it was your own turn, how long did your doctor spend with you? Use this information to estimate the capacity of the medical clinic.

1.An assembly line with 17 tasks is to be balanced. The longest task is 2.4 minutes, and the total time for all tasks is 18 minutes. The line will operate for 450 minutes per day.

a.What is the minimum number of workstations needed if the output rate is to be 180 units per day?

b.What cycle time will provide an output rate of 125 units per day?

c.What output will result if the cycle time is (i) 9 minutes? (ii) 15 minutes?