IIBA CBAP Exam - Topic 1 Question 93 Discussion

A major manufacturer of popular beverages has appointed a local distributor to serve a specific territory. The demand for the beverages has a pronounced seasonal pattern. The distributor performs well overall, but is repeatedly unable to keep up with fulfilling many customer orders during peak demand periods. The distributor's current delivery capability is stretched to deliver 60 tons of merchandise per day whereas the season's peak demand periods need a daily delivery capability of up to 100 tons.The distributor is under pressure to fully meet the year-round market demand in order to stay in business. The distributor's management wants to identify and consider more cost-effective options as resorting to adding more trucks and drivers would not be economically feasible.A business analyst (BA) has spent several days observing and measuring the warehouse activities to understand the situation and to gain insights into possible solutions. The delivery workflow is a four-step process: (1) picking the orders and assembling them on trays, (2) bringing the trays to the loading bay, (3) loading the orders into trucks, and (4) delivering the orders to customers. As the following table illustrates, overall performance depends is dependent on five major resources: (1) the workers who pick the orders and load them into trucks, (2) the tallyers who check the orders, (3) the drivers, (4) the trucks, and (5) eight loading bays (LBs).Each truck can only make two trips a day. The BA has noticed that only 30% of trips have their orders available for loading when a truck arrives. Otherwise the truck has to wait one extra hour until the orders are picked and brought to the loading bay.If trucks are the only constraint, approximately how many hours are lost due to this downtime?

C) 15 hours

A) 18 hours

B) 20 hours

D) 17 hours

IIBA CBAP Exam - Topic 1 Question 93 Discussion

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Question #: 93
Topic #: 1

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The distributor is under pressure to fully meet the year-round market demand in order to stay in business. The distributor's management wants to identify and consider more cost-effective options as resorting to adding more trucks and drivers would not be economically feasible.

A business analyst (BA) has spent several days observing and measuring the warehouse activities to understand the situation and to gain insights into possible solutions. The delivery workflow is a four-step process: (1) picking the orders and assembling them on trays, (2) bringing the trays to the loading bay, (3) loading the orders into trucks, and (4) delivering the orders to customers. As the following table illustrates, overall performance depends is dependent on five major resources: (1) the workers who pick the orders and load them into trucks, (2) the tallyers who check the orders, (3) the drivers, (4) the trucks, and (5) eight loading bays (LBs).

Each truck can only make two trips a day. The BA has noticed that only 30% of trips have their orders available for loading when a truck arrives. Otherwise the truck has to wait one extra hour until the orders are picked and brought to the loading bay.

If trucks are the only constraint, approximately how many hours are lost due to this downtime?

A18 hours

B20 hours

C15 hours

D17 hours

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Lino

10 months ago

I think 20 hours sounds about right.

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Lenny

10 months ago

30% of trips waiting? That's crazy!

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Huey

10 months ago

I doubt it's just the trucks causing the delays.

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Osvaldo

10 months ago

That's a huge bottleneck!

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Kenia

11 months ago

Trucks can only make 2 trips a day.

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Carey

11 months ago

I think if each truck makes two trips and only 30% have orders ready, we might be losing a significant amount of time. I just can’t remember the exact calculation for that downtime.

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Kristofer

11 months ago

I’m a bit confused about how to approach this. Are we only looking at the trucks that have to wait, or do we need to consider the total number of trips they make?

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Luke

11 months ago

This seems similar to a practice question we did on resource constraints. I’m not entirely sure about the exact math, but I think we might need to multiply the number of trucks by the waiting time.

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Sean

11 months ago

I remember something about calculating downtime based on the number of trips and the waiting time. I think we need to figure out how many trips are affected by the 70% of trucks waiting.

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Yong

11 months ago

I think I've got a handle on this. If I can calculate the total number of truck trips and the percentage of trips where the orders aren't ready, I should be able to determine the total hours lost due to downtime. Let me work through the numbers.

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Louis

11 months ago

Okay, let's see. The key seems to be understanding the delivery workflow and how the different resources impact the overall performance. I'll need to focus on the truck utilization and the waiting time.

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Lenna

11 months ago

This seems like a tricky one. I'll need to carefully analyze the information provided and break down the problem step-by-step.

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Naomi

12 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused by the details here. I'll need to re-read the question a few times to make sure I fully grasp all the moving parts before attempting to solve this.

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Gregg

12 months ago

This is a good review of the fundamental business structures. I'm pretty sure "incorporated" is not a distinct structure, but rather a legal status that some businesses like corporations can obtain. The other options listed are the main business entity types, so I'll go with that.

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Sheldon

12 months ago

A buyback could reduce equity, but then again, that might just make the gearing worse. It's a tricky situation!

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Avery

12 months ago

Okay, I think I've got this. Since the on-premises network has policy-based VPN devices, we'll need to set the IPsec / IKE policy to Custom to ensure compatibility with the route-based GW1. That should do the trick.

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Carry

1 year ago

Wait, does this mean the distributor needs to hire a bunch of sloths to work in the warehouse? That would explain the delays...

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Micaela

1 year ago

I bet the answer is B) 20 hours. That just feels right to me, but I better double-check the math to be sure.

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Sonia

1 year ago

Let's double-check the calculations just to be sure. It's always good to verify our answers.

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Gertude

1 year ago

Actually, I think you might be right. B) 20 hours does make sense when considering the downtime.

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Helga

1 year ago

I disagree, I believe the answer is C) 15 hours. Let's calculate it together.

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Helene

1 year ago

I think the answer is A) 18 hours. It seems like the most logical choice.

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Ruthann

1 year ago

Okay, let's think this through step-by-step. The key seems to be the 30% of trips where the orders aren't ready when the truck arrives. That's a lot of wasted time.

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