A normal haircut takes a hairdresser an average of 30 minutes. Over the course of a work week, 2 hairdressers worked 8 hours per day, 7 days a week and provided service to 180 customers.  What is their capacity cushion?

Following expansionist Strategy the manager ordered 10 extra machines, which are capable of producing 12,000 parts per month. Unfortunately, the foretasted capacity requirement seems to be too optimistic and currently only 8,000 parts are produced to meet all customer orders. What is the current capacity utilization rate? 

Which Step is the bottleneck for those customers who are processed through the A-B-E-F-G route, and what is the capacity of that route?    

Use the information in Figure. What is the throughput time for the A-B-E-F-G routing?

A company that is introducing a new product has to choose between four different manufacturing methods, referred to as methods A, B, C and D. Depending on the demand for the product, they forecast different levels of profits for the year (values are in thousands). The company has identified three possible states of nature for economic growth, and named them High, Medium, and Low. Which alternative is best in accordance with a pessimistic outlook (Maximin Decision Rule) ? ​ Low Medium High Method A $450 $670 $780 Method B $950 $320 $200 Method C $375 $575 $775 Method D $800 $400 $300

A nurse updates a patient’s care plan and adds the nursing diagnosis “impaired airway clearance”. Which assessment finding most likely influenced the nurse to choose this diagnosis? 

Aging can cause an older adult’s respiratory drive and tone of upper airway muscles to [option1]. This leaves the older adult at a greater risk of [option2].

A patient has the following goal in their care plan:  “Patient’s blood pressure will remain under 140/90 for the next 12 hours”. Which is the best evaluation method to see if the patient is meeting this outcome? 

A nurse is performing a morning assessment and is having difficulty hearing breath sounds in the bases of the patient’s lungs. Which action should the nurse take next? 

A nurse assesses a patient’s radial pulse and notes the rhythm to be irregular. What is the next action the nurse should take?