(Answered) : Re Managing Packaging Department Amazon Fulfillment Center Use Two Complex Machines Form B Q32458084

You’re managing a packaging department at an Amazonfulfillment center and you use two complex machines to form theboxes, apply the tape and the shipping label. You have one skilledoperator who knows how to operate the machines but recently has hadhealth problems that have caused her to miss work 10% of the time.Machine 1 has a .97 reliability and machine 2 has a .90reliability.

(A) What is the current reliability of the system, including theoperator?

(B) You’re part of a Kaizen team that is considering eitherscrapping machine 2 and replacing it with a machine that has areliablity of .97 at a cost of