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We measure kitchen “busyness” by checking recent orders being made to the kitchen. Since each order has a Processing Time we can estimate at any point in time, the Time to Clear Kitchen (TCK) off all mobile orders. We consider a kitchen to by busy when the next order Processing Time + TCK is larger than the Busy Kitchen Threshold set above.
Example
Here is an example to illustrate this point. Let’s assume the above Wait Time Parameters such that Processing Time = 180, and Busy Kitchen Threshold = 500.
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