Using Little's Law, Calculate WIP given a cycle time of 100 and a throughput of 5
Using Little's Law, the relationship between WIP, Throughput (TH), and Cycle Time (CT) is below:
CT =
WIP
TH
Cross Multiplying, we get
WIP = CT x TH
Plugging in our numbers, we get:
WIP = 100 x 5
WIP = 500
What is the Answer?
WIP = 500
How does the Littles Law Calculator work?
Given two out of the three inputs for Littles Law, Throughput (TH), Cycle Time (CT, and WIP, this solves for the third item. This calculator has 3 inputs.
What 3 formulas are used for the Littles Law Calculator?
What 4 concepts are covered in the Littles Law Calculator?
cycle time
the amount of time a team spends actually working on producing an item, up until the product is ready for shipment
law
a mathematical statement which always holds true
littles law
the average number of items in a stationary queuing system, based on the average waiting time of an item within a system and the average number of items arriving at the system per unit of time. CT = WIP/TH
output
what comes out of a function
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