A manufacturer's average WIP inventory for Part #2934 is 900 parts. The workstation produces parts at the rate of 275 parts per day. Use the Excel template Little's Law to find the average time a part spends in this workstation. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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A manufacturer's average WIP inventory for Part #2934 is 900 parts. The workstation produces parts at the rate of 275 parts per day. Use the Excel template Little's Law to find the average time a part spends in this workstation. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Little's Law
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Not for commercial use.
Enter any two of the three values only in the yellow cells
and the spreadsheet will calculate the third.
Throughput (R)
Flow time (T) 0.16666667
50
Work-in-process (WIP)
Throughput (R)
Flow time (T)
1
2 Work-in-process (WIP)
8.33
Transcribed Image Text:A В C D Little's Law ©Cengage Learning Not for commercial use. Enter any two of the three values only in the yellow cells and the spreadsheet will calculate the third. Throughput (R) Flow time (T) 0.16666667 50 Work-in-process (WIP) Throughput (R) Flow time (T) 1 2 Work-in-process (WIP) 8.33
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