Question

Recall Little’s Law that relates the 3 most important process measures (average inventory, average flow rate, and average flow time). The following statement gives two of these three measures and you must find the third. "The flow unit is accounts receivable dollars. A manufacturer bills $300 million worth of cellular equipment per year. The average amount in accounts receivable is $45 million. How much time does the accounts receivable process take, on average, in years? (i.e., the time that elapses on average from the time customer is billed to the time payment is received)?" Enter the number in years, rounded to 2 decimal points. (For example, report 16.347 years as 16.35.)

Answer 1

Answer: 0.15 years

Explanation:

According to Little's Law, it should be noted that:

I = R × T

where,

I = amount of flow units

R = rate of processing flow units

T = time

For this question,

I = $45 million

R = $300 million

Time will be:

T = I/R

T = 45/300

T = 0.15 years

Therefore, the account receivable process will use an average of 0.15 years.