[Solved] Every time a machine breaks down at the Dynaco Manufacturing Company, either 1, 2, or 3 hours are required to fix it, according to the following
Question: Every time a machine breaks down at the Dynaco Manufacturing Company, either 1, 2, or 3 hours are required to fix it, according to the following probability distribution:
Repair Time (Hours) Probability
| 1 | .30 |
| 2 | .50 |
| 3 | .20 |
Total 1.00
- Simulate the repair time for 20 weeks and then compute the average weekly repair time.
- If the random numbers that are used to simulate break downs per week are also used to simulate repair time per break down, will the results be affected in anyway? Explain.
- If it cost $50 per hour to repair a machine when it breaks down (including lost productivity), determine the average weekly breakdown cost.
- The Dynaco Company is considering a preventative maintenance that would alter the probabilities of the machine break downs per week as shown in the following table:
Machine Break downs per week Probability
| 0 | .20 |
| 1 | .30 |
| 2 | .20 |
| 3 | .15 |
| 4 | .10 |
| 5 | .05 |
Total 1.00
The weekly cost of the preventative maintenance program is $150. Using simulation, determine whether the company should institute the preventative maintenance program.
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