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Operations Management

You have the choice to purchase one of two machines, which canproduce exactly the same product. Machine A has a MTBF of 100 hoursand MTTR of 10 hours, Machine B has a MTBF of 10 hours and a MTTRof 1 hour.

What is the availability of each machine?

In terms of process stability and inventory which machine wouldyou prefer to purchase & why?

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Answer We would prefer to buy purchase Machine A because of the following reasons as The Machine A and B can produce the same product with similar processing timeline Hence from the timeline point of view we can purchase any of Machines ie A or B Machine A has a MTBF of 100 hours and MTTR of 10 hours Thus this machine can run continuously for 100 hours before any failure or downtime Thus we    See Answer
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