Opre6302 Operations Management Assignment #3
Opre6302 Operations Management Assignment #3
Assignment #3
Q (Cranberries) International Cranberry Uncooperative (ICU) is a
competitor to the National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC). At ICU,
barrels of cranberries arrive on trucks at a rate of 150 barrels per hour
and are processed continuously at a rate of 100 barrels per hour.
Trucks arrive at a uniform rate over eight hours, from 6:00 am until
2:00 pm. Assume the trucks are sufficiently small so that the delivery
of cranberries can be treated as a continuous inflow. The first truck
arrives at 6:00 am and unloads immediately, so processing begins at
6:00 am. The bins at ICU can hold up to 200 barrels of cranberries
before overflowing. If a truck arrives and the bins are full, the truck
must wait until there is room in the bins.
a. What is the maximum number of barrels of cranberries that
are waiting on the trucks at any given time?
b. At what time do the trucks stop waiting?
c. At what time do the bins become empty?
d. ICY is considering using seasonal workers in addition to their
regular workforce to help with the processing of cranberries.
When the seasonal workers are working, the processing rate
increases to 125 barrels per hour. The seasonal workers would
start working at 10:00 am and finish working when the trucks
stop waiting. At what time would ICU finish processing the
cranberries using these seasonal workers?
Q (Bagel Store) Consider a bagel store selling three types of bagels
that are produced according to the process flow diagram outline below.
We assume the demand is 180 bagels a day, of which there are 30
grilled veggie, 110 veggie only, and 40 cream cheese. Assume that the
workday is 10 hours long and each resource is staffed with one worker.
Processing times:
Veggies
Cream
Cheese
5
4
[min/bage [min/bage
l]
l]
Wrap
2
[min/bage
l]
Filing
Initial
Meeting
Preparatio
n
Writing
120
300
80
Review by
Senior
Accounta
nt
20
60
5
1
2
3
20
40
20
40
30
90
No
meeting
No
meeting
200
30
60
50
80
30