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lease submlL your answers Lo Lhese homework quesLlons vla Lhe Coursera webslLe.
Chlemsee knee 8eplacemenL Cllnlc
1he Chlemsee knee 8eplacemenL Cllnlc (Ck8C) ls a sporLs cllnlc locaLed aL Lhe norLhern edge of
Lhe Cerman Alps. lL speclallzes ln knee replacemenLs for sklers who come Lo Ck8C from
Cermany, AusLrla, SwlLzerland, and lLaly. 1he cllnlc currenLly has one operaLlng room (C8).
Powever, slnce Lhe cllnlc has dramaLlcally more demand Lhan capaclLy, Lhe managemenL Leam
conLemplaLes lnvesLlng ln a second C8. A lean consulLlng flrm, however, suggesLs LhaL before
golng ahead wlLh lnsLalllng new capaclLy, Lhe cllnlc should flrsL look aL how lL uses lLs exlsLlng
capaclLy. 1he daLa collecLed by Lhe consulLlng flrm reveal LhaL:
- 1he C8 ls avallable for 12 hours a day, Lhe hosplLal has declded Lo noL perform any
procedures beLween 7pm and 7am. 1hls Llme ls equally dlvlded across Lhree surgeons.
- 1he sLandard procedure Llme for Lhe knee surgery done aL Lhe cllnlc ls 1h.
- 1he cleanlng and housekeeplng LhaL needs Lo happen afLer each procedure Lakes 20
mlnuLes. AlmosL all of Lhls Llme could be saved lf Lhe cleanlng crew were noLlfled earller
on.
- 10 mlnuLes are spenL on paLlenL preparaLlon / anesLhesla work before each procedure.
(noLe: Lhls ls noL parL of Lhe 60-mlnuLe procedure Llme). roposals have been evaluaLed
Lo move Lhese 10 mlnuLes Lo ouLslde Lhe C8, and Lhere exlsLs no medlcal reason LhaL
would prohlblL dolng Lhls.
- A surgeon only sLarLs a case lf all of Lhe work assoclaLed wlLh Lhe case (preparaLlon,
procedure, and cleanlng) can be compleLed ln Lhe 4h alloLLed Lo each surgeon. Surgeons
never sLarL 8LlC8L Lhelr alloLLed Llme.
- 1hough Lhe cllnlc alms Lo operaLe 7 days a week, holldays, vacaLlon, and consLrucLlon
Llme lead Lo an average of one day a week LhaL Lhe C8 cannoL be used aL all.
456478 Pow many cases are golng Lhrough Lhe C8 per day when Lhe C8 ls ln use?
4564(8 WhaL ls Lhe CLL of Lhe operaLlng room? Assume a 12h wlndow ln whlch Lhe C8 could
be used.

arsa 8eal LsLaLe
arsa 8eal LsLaLe ls a company LhaL buys and renLs real esLaLe. 1he company ls looklng lnLo
buylng an offlce bulldlng for $1M. 1he bulldlng has 10,000 square feeL of renLable offlce space.
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1he company analysLs predlcL LhaL Lhey can renL Lhe offlce space for $6 per square fooL per
monLh, buL demand ls a funcLlon of prlce ln Lhe followlng way:
Cccupled = 2 - 0.2*8enL
(8enL ls ln dollars per square fooL per monLh. Also, aL $6.00, Cscar Lhlnks he can flll abouL 80
of Lhe offlce space.)
1he bulldlng needs Lo be malnLalned (securlLy, lnsurance, malnLenance, eLc.), whlch cosLs
$10,000 per monLh regardless of occupancy. Also, Lhere ls a varlable cosL of $2 per monLh for
each square fooL occupled.
ueflne Lhe reLurn on lnvesLed caplLal as Lhe raLlo of Lhe proflLs (L8 ?LA8) and Lhe lnvesLed
caplLal. ?ou can draw an 8ClC Lree ln Lhe same way LhaL we drew a kl Lree ln class. Slmply
have Lhe 8ClC as Lhe rooL" of Lhe Lree lnsLead of proflLs. 1hen answer Lhe followlng quesLlons.

9678 WhaL ls Lhe 8ClC? (lease glve your answer ln declmal form. lor example, 0.23 for 23)
96(8 WhaL would be Lhe new 8ClC be lf arsa 8eal LsLaLe decldes Lo charge renL of $8.00 per
square fooL per monLh? (lease glve your answer ln declmal form. lor example, 0.23 for 23)

12 1asks Lo 4 Workers

Conslder Lhe followlng Lasks LhaL musL be asslgned Lo four workers on a conveyor-paced
assembly llne (l.e., a machlne-paced llne flow). Lach worker musL perform aL leasL one Lask.
1here exlsLs unllmlLed demand unless sLaLed oLherwlse.

1lme Lo CompleLe 1ask (seconds):
1ask 1: 30
1ask 2: 23
1ask 3: 13
1ask 4: 20
1ask 3: 13
1ask 6: 20
1ask 7: 30
1ask 8: 13
1ask 9: 20
1ask 10: 23
1ask 11: 13
1ask 12: 20

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1he currenL conveyor-paced assembly-llne conflguraLlon asslgns Lhe workers ln Lhe followlng
way:

- Worker 1: 1asks 1, 2, 3
- Worker 2: 1asks 4, 3, 6
- Worker 3: 1asks 7, 8, 9
- Worker 4: 1asks 10, 11, 12

7(:;<78 WhaL ls Lhe capaclLy of Lhe currenL llne?

7(:;<(8 WhaL ls Lhe dlrecL labor conLenL?

7(:;<=8 Assume a demand raLe of 20 unlLs per mlnuLe. WhaL would be Lhe LakL Llme of Lhe
process?

7(:;<;8 Assume a demand raLe of 20 unlLs per mlnuLe. WhaL would be Lhe LargeL manpower?