Jobs arrive randomly at a particular assembly plant; assume that the arrival rate is five jobs per hour

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Jobs arrive randomly at a particular assembly plant; assume that the arrival rate is five jobs per hour. Service times (in minutes per job) do not follow the exponential probability distribution. Two proposed designs for the plant's assembly operation are shown.

A	6.0	3.0
B	6.25	0.6

a. What is the service rate in jobs per hour for each design?

Expert Solution

Minutes Per Hour = 60 min

Mean for Design A = 6

Service Rate for Design A = 60/6

Service Rate for Design A = 10 jobs per hour

Mean for Design B = 6.25

Service Rate for Design B = 60/6.25

Service Rate for Design B = 9.6 jobs per hour

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