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.

if the demand arrives at the rate of 30 pieces of clothing per hour, the utilization of the laundry will be:

Question 32 options:

Approx. 60%

Approx. 90%

Exactly 100%

Greater than 100%

Approx. 60%

Approx. 90%

Exactly 100%

Greater than 100%

Explanation / Answer

if the demand arrives at the rate of 30 pieces of clothing per hour, the utilization of the laundry will be:

Greater than 100%

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