The textbook answer is a. 3.53 hours; b. 163%, but I can not come up with these
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The textbook answer is a. 3.53 hours; b. 163%, but I can not come up with these answers.
Problem 4 Amy is an MBA student, she gets home from work around 5 P.M. each day and can only reasonably work on her studies until midnight. She usually watches an hour of Netflix to relax, works out for 30 minutes, and takes 30 minutes to eat dinner. She has found that if she takes a 5-minute break each hour, she can remain more focused. Today she feels 80% on task. Homework for the evening includes a case study (1) for Org Strategy. two(2) discussion posts for Operations Management, and an excel assignment(1) for Visualization. Estimated processing times are shown below. Setup time includes time spent online gathering resources and finding reference books around the apartment. a. b. c. What is Amy's effective capacity to do work this evening? What is her load percent? How would you suggest she adjust her capacity to complete her tasks on time? TASKS Ops Management 15 minutes Org Strategy 30 minutes Visualization 10 minutes SETUP TIME PROCESSING TIME PER TASK 120 minutes 30 minutes 40 minutesExplanation / Answer
a) Gross available time = 7 hours (from 5 pm to mid night )
Amy's effective capacity = (7 hours - 1 hours of Netflix - 30 minutes workout - 30 minutes dinner - 7*5 minutes break ) * 80% = (7 - 1 - 30/60 - 30/60 - 35/60)*0.80 = 3.53 hours
b) Workload = 15+2*120+30+30+10+40 minutes = 365 minutes = 6.083 hours
Load percent = 6.083/3.52 = 172 % (it doesn't come to 163%)
c) Capacity deficit = 6.083 - 3.533 = 2.55 hours
To make up for the capacity deficit, we suggest, she should cut down on Netflix time and workout time and reduce the total break time to 25 minutes. She should also improve her efficiency from 80% to 100%
This will make the capacity equal to = 7 - 0.5 hour dinner time - 25/60 break time = 6.083 hours
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