Production & Operations Management

1. Suppose you have a two-activity sequential process: Task 1 ---> Task 2.
   Task 1 has a throughput capacity of 10 units per hour; task 2 has a throughput capacity of 15 units per hour.
   What is the cycle time for task 1 (in hours)?
2. Suppose you have a two-activity sequential process: Task 1 ---> Task 2.
   Task 1 has a throughput capacity of 10 units per hour; task 2 has a throughput capacity of 15 units per hour.
   What is the utilization for task 2? Enter answer as a number between 0 and 1 (e.g., 50% should be entered as 0.50).
3. For the next 5 questions, consider the following process flowchart for a hypothetical quick service restaurant. Throughput times are listed in parentheses after the name of each activity. For all questions, answer using customers and/or minutes as your units of measure. There are no inventory buffers between any stations; instead, blocking occurs for upstream activities.

Take Order (6.1 minutes) ----> Prepare drinks (4.7 minutes) ----> Prepare food (7.9 minutes) -----> Assemble order (5.2 minutes) ----> Take payment (5.5 minutes).
Each activity uses its own workers & equipment. The Prepare Food activity can handle 2 customers at once; each of the others can handle 1 customer at a time.