The money making machine is a very simple machine. It is a machine with two workers. The machine produces bank notes of $1, $5 or $1000.
Bill, the first worker
supplies the paper to print the bank notes.
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Filling the machine with the right paper will take Bill 5 minutes. Then the machine has sufficient paper to run for another hour.
The second worker John turns the handle and each
time John turns the handle the machine produces a bank note.
Via a special bank note button on the money making machine, John
can decide which type of bank notes he wants to print.
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Don't you think
this would be a fantastic Christmas present? Let's try to establish the steps which are needed to produce as much money as possible.
As long as John turns the handle we make money. When he stops we do not make money. John dictates almost on his own the total output of our small money making factory.
Bill and John's working hours are from 8:00 until 12:00 and
then after the lunch break they continue from 12:30 until 16:30. There is an
additional coffee break at 10:00 and an additional tea break at 14:30. Both
breaks will take 20 minutes.
Which questions do we need to answer if this company decides
that they want to produce at least 15% more?
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