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w5_assignment_chapter_10.docxW5 Assignment "Chapter 10"
· Chapter 10 Assignment
Answer questions 1, 2 and 3 on page 401 of your textbook.
1. A hospital emergency room averages 50 patients per shift. A shift is 8 hours long, and the average patient requires 20 minutes in the exam room.
a. How many exam rooms should the hospital have if it wishes to maintain a 30 percent capacity cushion?
b. Discuss whether you think a 30 percent capacity cushion is appropriate for a hospital emergency room. What factors would you consider when setting this cushion?
2. A fast-food restaurant averages 150 customers per hour. The average processing time per customer is 90 seconds.
a. Determine how many cash registers the restaurant should have if it wishes to maintain a 10 percent capacity cushion.
b. Discuss whether you think a 10 percent capacity cushion is appropriate for a fast-food restaurant. What factors would you consider when setting this cushion?
3. A university has demand for 10,000 classroom seats per day (one student in one class is a classroom seat). All classrooms have 50 seats, and the day is considered to be 10 hours long for scheduling purposes. Each class takes 1 hour. Determine the number of classrooms required if the university seeks to maintain a 20 percent capacity cushion.
W5 Assignment "Chapter 10"
·
Chapter 10 Assignment
Answer questions 1, 2 and 3 on page 401 of your textbook.
1.
A hospital emergency room averages 50 patients per shift. A shift is 8 hours long, and the average
patient requires 20 minutes in the exam room.
a. How many exam rooms should the hospital have if it wishes to maintain a 30 percent capacity
cushion?
b. Disc
uss whether you think a 30 percent capacity cushion is appropriate for a hospital emergency
room. What factors would you consider when setting this cushion?
2. A fast
-
food restaurant averages 150 customers per hour. The average processing time per customer
is
90 seconds.
a. Determine how many cash registers the restaurant should have if it wishes to maintain a 10 percent
capacity cushion.
b. Discuss whether you think a 10 percent capacity cushion is appropriate for a fast
-
food restaurant.
What factors would
you consider when setting this cushion?
3. A university has demand for 10,000 classroom seats per day (one student in one class is a classroom
seat). All classrooms have 50 seats, and the day is considered to be 10 hours long for scheduling
purposes. Each
class takes 1 hour. Determine the number of classrooms required if the university seeks
to maintain a 20 percent capacity cushion.
W5 Assignment "Chapter 10"
Chapter 10 Assignment
Answer questions 1, 2 and 3 on page 401 of your textbook.
1. A hospital emergency room averages 50 patients per shift. A shift is 8 hours long, and the average
patient requires 20 minutes in the exam room.
a. How many exam rooms should the hospital have if it wishes to maintain a 30 percent capacity
cushion?
b. Discuss whether you think a 30 percent capacity cushion is appropriate for a hospital emergency
room. What factors would you consider when setting this cushion?
2. A fast-food restaurant averages 150 customers per hour. The average processing time per customer is
90 seconds.
a. Determine how many cash registers the restaurant should have if it wishes to maintain a 10 percent
capacity cushion.
b. Discuss whether you think a 10 percent capacity cushion is appropriate for a fast-food restaurant.
What factors would you consider when setting this cushion?
3. A university has demand for 10,000 classroom seats per day (one student in one class is a classroom
seat). All classrooms have 50 seats, and the day is considered to be 10 hours long for scheduling
purposes. Each class takes 1 hour. Determine the number of classrooms required if the university seeks
to maintain a 20 percent capacity cushion.
