Question

Job candidates are leaving an office every 50 minutes. Each candidate goes through three activities during the office visit: verification, written test, and interview. Verification takes 1 minute, the written test takes 40 minutes, and the interview takes 10 minutes. Assume there is only one resource dedicated to each activity. What is the bottleneck capacity in candidates per hour?

Answer 1

Verification- 1 minute Written Test- 40 minutes Interview 10 minutes The bottleneck step is the step which takes maximum time. It is the step that slows dowin the entire process. In the given scenario, the written test takes the maximum time among all 3 steps. Thus, the bottleneck of the process is the written test. The bottleneck capacity is calculated below: 1hour Bottleneck capacity per hour Bottleneck step time 60 minutes 40 minutes -1.5 candidates Thus, the bottleneck capacity is 1.5 candidates per hour