Operations Management
Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259142208
Author: CACHON, Gérard, Terwiesch, Christian
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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To determine: The number of milk gallons that are in the queue to be processed.

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The Shady Farm Milk Company can process milk at a fixed rate of 7500 gallons/hour.The company’s clients request 100,000 gallons of milk over the course of one day. Thisdemand is spread out uniformly from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The company starts producing at8 a.m. and continues to work until all of the demand has been satisfied. At noon, howmany gallons of milk are in the queue to be processed?
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