Four employees at a fast-food restaurant each perform one of the
four activities in serving a customer: greet customer, take order,
process order, and deliver order. The processing time for each
activity is given as follows:
| Activity | Processing time per customer |
| Greet customer | 2 seconds |
| Take order | 30 seconds |
| Process order | 60 seconds |
| Deliver order | 5 seconds |
|
60 seconds |
||
|
35.75 seconds |
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|
143 seconds |
||
|
97 seconds |
Assume demand is unlimited. What is the total idle time?
Four employees at a fast-food restaurant each perform one of the four activities in serving a...
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