Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition

Solved Problem 1

A manager is considering production of several products in an automated facility. The manager would purchase a combination of two robots. The two robots (named Mel and Danny) are capable of doing all the required operations. Every batch of work will contain 10 units. A waiting line of several batches will be maintained in front of Mel. When Mel completes its portion of the work, the batch will then be transferred directly to Danny.

$$\boxed{\text{Waiting line}}\to \text{Mel}\to \text{Danny}$$

Each robot incurs a setup before it can begin processing a batch. Each unit in the batch has equal run time. The distributions of the setup times and run times for Mel and Danny are identical. But because Mel and Danny will be performing different operations, simulation ...