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Chapter 10 Assignment
Answer questions 1, 2 and 3 on page 401 of your textbook.
- 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.
- How many exam rooms should the hospital have if it wishes to maintain a 30 percent capacity cushion?
- 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?
- A fast-food restaurant averages 150 customers per hour. The average processing time per customer is 90 seconds.
- Determine how many cash registers the restaurant should have if it wishes to maintain a 10 percent capacity cushion.
- 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?
- A university has demand for 10,000 classroom seats per day (one student in a 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.