Practical Management Science
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Author: WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Consider the flow in Figure 7–1 but assume that no patients require follow-up
appointments. All patients first check in with the single receptionist, which takes
an average of 6 minutes. They are then seen by one of two nurses who take weight,
blood pressure, etc., which takes an average of 10 minutes. Finally, they are seen
by a GP in an examination room, which takes an average of 16 minutes. There are
three GPs. The table below summarizes this data. Assume the clinic has no waiting
room or examination room constraints.
Assume that there are eight patients arriving an hour during working hours.
Resource Minutes per patient Number of resources
Receptionist 6 1
Nurse 10 2
Doctor 16 3
a. What is the capacity of each resource?
b. Which resource is the bottleneck and hence what is the capacity of the system?

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