Panbonbspinc is a fast food restaurant which offers 4 main


Panbo Inc. is a fast food restaurant which offers 4 main types of sandwiches: Pando - classic (C), Pando - premium (P), Pando - exotic (E), and Pando - ultimate (U). Every day, the restaurant operates for 10 hours and it is expecting to sell 500 sandwiches. And from the past data, 30% of the demand is for C, 20% is for P, 45% is for E, and 5% is for U.  There are up to five steps in the process of making sandwiches, listed below with activity times. 70% of customers want their sandwich toasted, no matter which sandwich is ordered.

Step

Classic

Premium

Exotic

Ultimate

Prepare bread

.75 minutes

.75 minutes

1 minute

1 minute

Prepare meat

.5 minutes

.8 minutes

1.5 minutes

1.5 minutes

Toast

.5 minutes

.5 minutes

.5 minutes

.75 minutes

Wrap

.5 minutes

.5 minutes

1 minute

 .5 minutes

Checkout

.5 minutes

.5 minutes

.5 minutes

.5 minutes

Suppose that there is one worker at each step. Answer the following questions.

1. Defining one flow unit as one minute of work, what is the capacity per day for the worker at "Toast" step? Round your answer to the nearest integer. Your answer is.

2. Defining one flow unit as one minute of work, what is the demand rate per day for the worker at "Toast" step? Round your answer to the nearest integer. Your answer is.

3. The implied utilization rate for the worker at "Toast" step is. Ignore the percentage sign and round your answer to the nearest integer. For example, if your answer is 43.21%, input 43.

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