At the Order Fulfillment Center of a Major Mail-Order Firm,customer

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Essay

At the order fulfillment center of a major mail-order firm,customer orders,already packaged for shipment,arrive at the sorting machine to be sorted for loading onto the appropriate truck for the parcel's address.The arrival rate at the sorting machine is at the rate of 100 per hour following a Poisson distribution.The machine sorts at the constant rate of 150 per hour.
a.What is the utilization rate of the system?
b.What is the average number of packages waiting to be sorted?
c.What is the average number of packages in the sorting system?
d.How long must the average package wait until it gets sorted?
e.What would L_q and W_q be if the service rate were exponential,not constant?

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Definitions:

Co-owners

Individuals or entities that jointly own a property or business, sharing rights, responsibilities, and profits.

Liquidation

The process of converting assets into cash or other forms of payment to settle debts or obligations of a business.

Partnership

A formal business structure where multiple individuals are involved in managing the enterprise and also share the profits.

Assets

Resources a business owns.