Rockness Recycling refurbishes rundown business students. The process uses a moving belt, which carries each student through the five steps of the process in sequence. The five steps are as follows:
Step 1 unpack and place on belt 1.0 minute
Step 2 strip off bad habits 1.5 minutes
Step 3 Scrub and clean mind 0.8 minute
Step 4 Insert modern methods 1.0 minute
Step 5 Polish and pack 1.2 minutes
One faculty member is assigned to each of these steps. Faculty members work a 40 hour week and rotate jobs each week. Mr. Rockness has been working on a contract from General Eclectic, which requires delivery of 2,000 refurbished students per week. A representative of the human resources department has just called complaining that the company hasn´t been receiving the agreed upon number of students. A check of finished goods inventory by Mr. Rockness reveals that there is no stock left. What is going on?