Kolkmeyer Manufacturing Company Is Considering Adding Two Machines To Its Manufacturing Operation This Addition Will Br 1 (101.42 KiB) Viewed 93 times
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Kolkmeyer Manufacturing Company is considering adding two machines to its manufacturing operation. This addition will bring the number of machines to eleven. The president of Kolkmeyer asked for a study of the need to add a second employee to the repair operation. The arrival rate is 0.05 machines per hour for each machine, and the service rate for each individual assigned to the repair operation is 0.6 machines per hour. a. Compute the operating characteristics if the company retains the single-employee repair operation. If required, round your answers to four decimal places. Po = 0.2478 La = 1.221 L 1.9732 0 Wq = 2.7052 hours W = 4.3718 hours b. Compute the operating characteristics if a second employee is added to the machine repair operation. If required, round your answers to four decimal places. Po = 0.3987 La = 0.1192 = 0.9562 Wa = 0.2373 hours W = 1.904 hours
c. Each employee is paid $25 per hour. Machine downtime is valued at $85 per hour. From an economic point of view, should one or two employees handle the machine repair operation? Explain. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. Cost of one employee system: $ Cost of two employees system: $ From an economic point of view, should handle the machine repair operation.
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