Formtech Inc. produces transformers. Each order is custom designed and manufactured for the customer. Each order goes through 3 phases: Transformer Design, which takes 4 weeks. Procurement, which has a lead time of 8 weeks. Assembly and Testing, which takes 4 weeks The design group can handle only 4 projects at any given time. The other groups are not capacity constrained. How much total work-in-process (number of projects started but not yet completed) does the company typically have? (Hint: Little's Law)

Formtech Inc. produces transformers. Each order is custom designed and manufactured for the customer. Each order goes through 3 phases: Transformer Design, which takes 4 weeks. Procurement, which has a lead time of 8 weeks. Assembly and Testing, which takes 4 weeks The design group can handle only 4 projects at any given time. The other groups are not capacity constrained. How much total work-in-process (number of projects started but not yet completed) does the company typically have? (Hint: Little's Law)

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Formtech Inc. produces transformers. Each order is custom designed and manufactured for the customer. Each order goes through 3 phases:

Transformer Design, which takes 4 weeks.
Procurement, which has a lead time of 8 weeks.
Assembly and Testing, which takes 4 weeks

The design group can handle only 4 projects at any given time. The other groups are not capacity constrained.

How much total work-in-process (number of projects started but not yet completed) does the company typically have? (Hint: Little's Law)

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