Q. "Burrito King (a new fast-food franchise opening up nationwide) has successfully automated burrito production for its drive-up fast-food establishments. The Burro-Master 9000 requires a constant 45 seconds to produce a batch of burritos. It has been estimated that customers will arrive at the drive-up window according to a Poisson distribution at an average of one every 50 seconds. To help find out the amount of space required for the line at the drive-up window, Burrito King would like to know the expected average time in the system, the average line length (in cars) also the average number of cars in the system (both in line also at the window)."
Q. As workers are required to do more with less, do you see a trend toward job enlargement being more also more the norm in the workplace?