An architect has five projects to complete. She estimates that three of the proj

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Question

An architect has five projects to complete. She estimates that three of the projects will require 1 week to complete and the other two will require 3 weeks and 4 weeks. During the time these projects are completed, assume no other projects are worked on during this time. What is the architect’s flow rate? projects per week (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) An architect has five projects to complete. She estimates that three of the projects will require 1 week to complete and the other two will require 3 weeks and 4 weeks. During the time these projects are completed, assume no other projects are worked on during this time. What is the architect’s flow rate? projects per week (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

Explanation / Answer

time to complete (weeks)

project 1

project 2

project 3

project 4

project 5

Flow rate = throughput or the no. of units going through the process per time unit.

Little's Law, R=I/T

I is the inventory, or the no of units contained in the system

T is the time taken for all inventory to go through the process

R is the rate at which the process is delivering, or the flow rate

here,

projects

weeks

architect’s Flow rate, R=

0.5

projects/week