Marketing would like production to make 627 July 4th cups per eight hour day. Given the following information, what cycle time must be achieved to meet that demand? Total Task Time (minutes) = 19 Longest Task Time (minutes) - 3.5 Number of machines 10 (Your answer should be in seconds and have one decimal place.) Your Answer:

Marketing would like production to make 627 July 4th cups per eight hour day. Given the following information, what cycle time must be achieved to meet that demand? Total Task Time (minutes) = 19 Longest Task Time (minutes) - 3.5 Number of machines 10 (Your answer should be in seconds and have one decimal place.) Your Answer:

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter12: Queueing Models

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 59P

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