Linear Process Evaluation Patients per hour 55, Buffer 1 has 7 patients waiting, Buffer 2 has 34 patients waiting, the registration takes 2 minutes and the doctor takes 13 minutes Complete the table above based on the process diagram.
a. What is the flow unit of this process?
b. What is amount of inventory inside the process boundaries of this process? Use units of measure consistent with this problem.
c. What is the throughput of this process? Use units of measure consistent with this problem?
d. What is the flow time of this process in minutes?
e. On average, how long (in minutes) is it before a patient sees the doctor?