Question

A local ice-cream parlor has 100 customers in the "rush" hour between 5PM and 6PM (assume that the customers arrive according to a uniform distribution, i.e., evenly spread out during the hour). If there are two employees who scoop the ice-cream for the customers, and one more who deals with the payments, then what is the Taktzeit for the ice-cream scoopers?
a- 72 seconds
b- 100 seconds
c- 36 seconds
d- 50 seconds

Answer 1

Answer: 36 seconds.

Explanation:

Based on the information given in the question, the Taktzeit for the ice-cream scoopers will be calculated thus:

First and foremost, Taktzeit refers to the time taken between the beginning of production for one unit and the beginning of the next unit.

From the information given, the available Time is 1 hour which can be converted to secunds and this will be:

1 hour = 3600 seconds

Hourly Demand = 100

Then, the takzeit will be:

= 3600/100

= 36 seconds