The operations manager for a large law office must choose between two different copiers to lease. A regular copier, which costs $8 per hour to lease, can complete a copying job in 6 minutes, on average. On average, a high speed copier, which leases for $16 per hour, can complete a copying job in 3 minutes. In a work day of 8 hours 56 copying jobs can be expected. The time of the employees tasked with copying is valued at $10 per hour.
a) For a regular copier, how many employees can be expected to be at the copier, both waiting on line and using the machine?
b) On an hourly basis, what is the total cost of the regular copier?
c) For a high-speed copier, how many employees can be expected to be at the copier, both waiting on line and using the machine.?
d) On the hourly basis, what is the total cost of the high-speed copier?
e) On the basis of the total hourly cost, which copier should the operations manager chose? Explain why.
f) 1- What had to assumed about how long the copying jobs take.?
2- What had to be assumed about how many employees need to use the copier at any given time?