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    This document provides a set of practice problems related to process analysis. It lists textbook questions from Chapter 1 (pages 21-23) involving problems 2, 3(a), 4(a), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9(a), 10(a). It also lists additional problems from a textbook on pages 3-4 involving problems 2, 3, 4, 5, 7. Finally, it provides a list of additional problems to work through including calculating customer wait times at a bank using Little's Law, predicting patient bed needs at a hospital, determining staff gender ratios, analyzing regulatory project timelines, and calculating monthly cash flows at a bank.

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    This document provides a set of practice problems related to process analysis. It lists textbook questions from Chapter 1 (pages 21-23) involving problems 2, 3(a), 4(a), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9(a), 10(a). It also lists additional problems from a textbook on pages 3-4 involving problems 2, 3, 4, 5, 7. Finally, it provides a list of additional problems to work through including calculating customer wait times at a bank using Little's Law, predicting patient bed needs at a hospital, determining staff gender ratios, analyzing regulatory project timelines, and calculating monthly cash flows at a bank.

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    TO 313: Practice Problems on Process Analysis

    Textbook Questions Chapter 1 (pp. 21-23)

    Problems: 2, 3(a), 4(a), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9(a), 10(a)

    Additional Problems from Chase, Aquilano, Jacobs (12th edn)

    Problems: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 on pp. 3-4 of this document.

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    operates 365 days a year (and, please assume one patient per bed!).
    a) If the average patient stays in the hospital 8 days, how many beds were
    empty, on average, in 2006?
    b) On average, how many beds do you expect to be empty in 2007?
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    4. The total number and gender mix of employees in a certain company remains
    constant. Due to turnover, on average the company hires 150 men and 200 women
    each year. It is estimated that on average a woman stays 50% longer than a man.
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    5. The Internal Revenue Service Department of Tax Regulations writes regulations in


    accord with laws passed by Congress. On average, the department completes 300
    projects per year. The Wall Street Journal reports that, as of October 11, 1997, the
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    number of projects currently “on the Department’s plate” is 588. Nevertheless, the
    department head claims that average time to complete a project is under six
    months. Do you have any reason to disagree? Why or why not?

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    6. A bank finds that the average number of people waiting in line during lunch hour is
    10. On average, during this period 2 people per minute leave the bank after
    receiving service. On average, how long do bank customers wait in line?

    7. At the drive-through counter of a fast-food outlet, an average of 10 cars wait in line.


    The manager wants to determine if the length of the line impacts potential sales.
    Her study reveals that, on average, 2 cars per minute try to enter the drive-through
    area, but 25% of these cars are dismayed by the long line and simply move on
    without entering the line and placing orders. Assume that no car entering the line
    leaves without service. On average, how long does a car spend in the drive-through
    line?

    8. Checking accounts at a local bank carry an average balance of $3,000. The bank
    turns over its balance six times a year. On average, how many dollars flow through
    the bank each month?

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