Consider a laundry service that has 3 steps to its process. Step 1 is Washing, S

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Consider a laundry service that has 3 steps to its process.

Step 1 is Washing, Step 2 is Drying, Step 3 is Ironing & Step 4 is Packaging.

Step 1 Washing is a batch operation, with a batch size of 50 pieces of clothing, variable time of 15 seconds per piece and a fixed time of 20 minutes. There is one washing machine.

Step 2 Drying is also a batch operation, with a batch size of 40 pieces of clothing, variable time of 20 seconds per piece, and a fixed time of 60 minutes. There is one drying machine.

Step 3 is a manual operation where a team of 2 workers iron the clothes; each worker takes on average 3 minutes to iron a piece of clothing.

Step 4 is again a manual operation, where only one worker packages the clothes in an average of 2 minutes per piece; only 50% of the clothes need packaging.

Answer the next several questions based on the data above.

In any demand scenario, the step with the lowest utilization will be:

Question 31 options:

Washing

Drying

Ironing

Packaging

Washing

Drying

Ironing

Packaging

Explanation / Answer

In any demand scenario, the step with the lowest utilization will be:

Washing

As this is a batch operation and the effort seems to be minimum

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