Operations Management
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 7P
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To determine: The number of dock requested if truck arrive at the rate of three per day.
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To determine: The investment decision in new equipment.
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3. Sharp Discounts Wholesale Club has two service desks, one at each entrance of the store.
Customers arrive at each service desk at an average of one every six minutes. The service rate at each service desk is four minutes per customer.
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Problem 3) into one location, staffed by two clerks. The clerks will continue to work at the same individual speed of four minutes per customer.
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Operations Management
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