Money Laundry has 9 washers and 18 dryers. All orders are first sent to wash and

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Money Laundry has 9 washers and 18 dryers. All orders are first sent to wash and then to dry. It takes on average 30 minutes to wash one order and 30 minutes to dry a. What is the capacity of the washing stage? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Capacity of washing stageorders per hour b. What is the capacity of the drying stage? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Capacity of drying stage orders per hour c. Identify the bottleneck(s). Drye d. What is the capacity of Money laundry? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Capacity of Money laundryorders per hour e. If Money Laundry would like to increase the capacity by buying one more machine, should they buy a washer or a dryer? Dryer The manager, Mr. Money, decided not to buy a machine. He still has 9 washers and 18 dryers. The manager estimates that on average Money Laundry receives eight orders every hour. The manager also finds that on average there are six orders in the washing stage and four orders in the drying stage. f. What is the utilization of washers, on average? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Average utilization % g. What is the utilization of dryers, on average? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Average utilization % h. On average, how long does it take an order to finish the washing process, from the time the order is received? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Average time taken hour i. On average, how long does it take an order to finish the drying process, from the time the order finishes the washing process? (Round your answer to 2

Explanation / Answer

A. Capacity wash stage

= 9 * 60/30 = 18 orders per hour

B. Capacity of dryer

= 18 * 60/30 = 36

C. The bottleneck is washer.

D. Bottleneck will be the capacity, as washer is bottleneck, capacity will be 18.

E. He should buy a washer as it is bottleneck.

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