company consists of single-machine stations and is almost balanced (i., station rates are nearly equal).

company consists of single-machine stations and is almost balanced (i.e., station rates are nearly equal). A company engineer has estimated the bottleneck rate to be 2200 cases per 16-hour day and the raw process time to be 30 minutes. The line has averaged 1,500 cases per day, and cycle time has averaged 5 hours.

• What is the estimated average WIP level? please show calculations