ABC Apple Juice Company produces and markets fresh fruit juice. During the apple harvest season, trucks bring apples from the fields to the process plant during a workday that runs long hours from 7AM. On peak days, approximately 3,000 kg of apples are trucked in per hour. Trucks dump their contents in a holding bin with a storage capacity of 9,000 kg. When the bin is full, incoming trucks must wait until it has sufficient available space. A conveyor moves apples from bin to the processing plant. The plant is configured to process apples at the rate of 2,000 kg per hour. Trucks arrive uniformly between 7:00AM to 5:00PM. Each truck holds about 1,000 kg of apples. The truck drivers are paid at the rate of $10 per hour. As ABC makes fresh juice, it does not store apples. Processing plant starts at 10:00AM and ends when all the apples received during the day have been processed. It takes 2 hours to clean the empty plant that must be kept ready for the next day production. Trucks are owned and operated by ABC. The peak periods consists of 30 days during the harvest season. In order to process all the apples delivered during the day, how long must the plant operate (include cleaning time) on peak days? On average, how long will the trucks have to wait on a peak day? You may want to construct an inventory buildup diagram for trucks on a peak day. What is the maximum amount of time that a truck must wait?
ABC Apple Juice Company produces and markets fresh fruit juice. During the apple harvest season, trucks bring apples from the fields to the process plant during a workday that runs long hours from 7AM. On peak days, approximately 3,000 kg of apples are trucked in per hour. Trucks dump their contents in a holding bin with a storage capacity of 9,000 kg. When the bin is full, incoming trucks must wait until it has sufficient available space. A conveyor moves apples from bin to the processing plant. The plant is configured to process apples at the rate of 2,000 kg per hour. Trucks arrive uniformly between 7:00AM to 5:00PM. Each truck holds about 1,000 kg of apples. The truck drivers are paid at the rate of $10 per hour. As ABC makes fresh juice, it does not store apples. Processing plant starts at 10:00AM and ends when all the apples received during the day have been processed. It takes 2 hours to clean the empty plant that must be kept ready for the next day production. Trucks are owned and operated by ABC.
The peak periods consists of 30 days during the harvest season.
In order to process all the apples delivered during the day, how long must the plant operate (include cleaning time) on peak days? On average, how long will the trucks have to wait on a peak day? You may want to construct an inventory buildup diagram for trucks on a peak day. What is the maximum amount of time that a truck must wait?
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