1. The standard time for a bank teller to process a loan form is estimated in seconds by 4 values: 120,140 ,70, and 135 a. If equal weight is placed on each estimate, what is the expected time to plan for? b. If the smallest time is disregarded, estimate the expected time. Does the smallest estimate seem to significantly change the expected value?

state whether or not each situation would be considered “compensable time” (and why or why not). An employee of a fast food chain has to arrive at work 15 minutes early to change into the“mascot” costume and it typically takes another 15 minutes at the end of the shift to change outof the costume and properly store it. Due to the cost of the costume, employees are notallowed to take the costume home. The “mascots” typically work from 10am – 2pm, to coverthe lunch rush periods. How much time would be “compensable” for the mascots, assumingthe conditions/schedule listed above?2) George is a Radiology Technician at a local hospital and when on call, is required to be nofurther than 30 minutes away from the facility. Is the “on call” time, compensable?

2. A small restaurant is creating a schedule for its wait staff to meet its expected weekly demand. The staff requirements have been determined to be: day monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday sunday 1 staff 3. 3. The restaurant would like its staff to have two consecutive days off, with a preference given to Saturday and Sunday, or one of those two days if the pair is not possible. (a) Create a schedule to meet the staff requirements. How many wait staff are needed? (b) The restaurant believes regular maintenance of the kitchen is important. The kitchen staff would like 1 extra worker whenever they perform main- tenance. On which days of the week should maintenance be scheduled? (c) The restaurant wants to create a 'kid's day' (young children eat for free) to attract customers on days with low demand. Given your staff schedule, which day is best to implement this promotion.

5. During the construction of a house, six joists of 24 ft each must be trimmed to the correct length of 23 ft. The operations for cutting a joist involve the following sequence: Operation 1. Place joist on saw horses 2. Measure correct length (23 ft) 3. Mark cutting line for circular saw 4. Trim joist to correct length 5. Stack trimmed joist in a designated area Time (seconds) 15 5 5 20 20 Three persons are involved: Two loaders must work simultaneously on operations 1,2, and 5, and one cutter handles operations 3 and 4. There are two pairs of saw horses on which untrimmed joists are placed in preparation for cutting, and each pair can hold up to three side-by-side joists. Suggest a good schedule for trimming the six joists.

14 Meetings are considered time wasters for managers. Specify one solution to control this time waster. * 5 Enter your answer

Processing time for eight projects, displayed in the sequence they arrived. Project P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 Processing time (hours) 3 1 1 2 9 6 1 1.50 2. Given the projects displayed in table above, if FCFS is used to sequence the jobs, what is the average flow rate of the projects? Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places.   3. Given the projects displayed in table above, if FCFS is used to sequence the jobs, what is the average flow time of the projects? Note: Round your answer to 1 decimal place.   4. Given the projects displayed in table above, if FCFS is used to sequence the jobs, what is the average inventory of the projects? Note: Use your rounded answers from Parts 2 and 3. Round your answer to 1 decimal place.   5. Given the projects displayed in table above, if SPT is used to sequence the jobs, what is the average flow rate of the projects? Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places.   6. Given the projects displayed in table above, if SPT is used to sequence…

b. The Healthy Food Restaurant, a 24-hour restaurant, faces changing requirements from hour tohour. More workers are needed for peak hours, and fewer are needed in between. The followingTable 6 (below) shows the worker requirement for the first 12 hours in the restaurant:Table 6. Staff Requirement at the Healthy Food RestaurantTime Period 10AM11AM12PM1PM2PM3PM4PM5PM6PM7PM8PM9PMRequirement 8 10 12 12 9 7 6 7 9 10 12 8AssignedOn DutyOverstaffed8(i) You are required to apply the first-hour principle to staff each hour with the required number ofcafeteria staff, showing how many staff are on duty each given hour, the number of staffyou have assigned to work each hour and any overstaffing for each hour. i. Schedule the staff to work in 8-hour shifts.

Practice Problem #1 A process consists of 30 activities E task time = 42 min/unit Longest activity = 2.4 min Shortest activity = 0.3 min Available Time, A = 480 min/day (A) Max cycle time = Min cycle time = YC) If cycle time = 42 min, R = (D) If cycle time = 2.4 min, R = (E) If number of workstations, N = 10, and cycle time is 4.2 min/unit %3D Output Rate, R = (F) Assembly-line Efficiency =

*Explain with more details* An employee in Laboratory A is scheduled to work from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with one break for lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. The employee accurately records her arrival at work at 8:00 AM. The employee then walks to the company's cafe, gets breakfast, and returns 15 minutes later and begins working. Is the employer obligated to pay the employee for the period covered from 8:00 AM to 8:15 AM?

Dan's Auto Detailing business performs two major activities: exterior cleanup and interior detailing. Based on the size of car and condition, time estimates for six cars on Monday morning are as shown in the accompanying table. Car Number 1 5 6 Exterior Interior 55 75 4 65 35 50 60 45 90 35 40 a. Sequence the cars so that all exterior cleanup is done first and total completion time is minimized. The sequence is -Select-- -Select- -Select- -Select- -Select-- -Select- 2 3 80 20