1. Draw a diagram of the drop process.

How long should it take to empty 300 slot machines

that take MOP$10 coins?
Slot machine
tag

Accountin
g staf

Security
officer and
slot drop

15
mins

Cashiers
Cage

Slot
Machin
e

15
min
s

Bucke
t

Return
End

Hard Count
Room

30
mins

Cart

300 Slot Machines

Get Keys = 15 min
Retrieving Buckets = 10 min per buckets
Total time retrieving buckets = (300 slot machines) x (10 min per buckets) = 3000
min
Delivery and securing of cart = 30 min per cart
300 total buckets
20 buckets per cart
Total carts = (300 buckets) / (20 buckets per cart) = 15 carts
1 cart = 20 buckets
300= (?)
Total time delivery and securing of carts = (30 min per cart) x (15 carts) = 450 min
Total time for drop process = (15 min) + (3000 min) + (450 min) = 3465 min = 57.65
hrs

2. The casino is considering the purchase of a second coin-wrapping machine. What impact
would this have on the hard count process? Is this the most desirable machine to purchase?
By Purchasing an additional wrapping machine would save 450 minutes in the process.
750 (Coins/Machine) / 25 (Per Roll) = 30 Rolls/Bucket
30 Rolls x 300 Machines = 9000 Rolls
7 Minutes x 300 Buckets = 2100 Minutes
9000 Rolls /20 Roll/Minute = 450 Minutes
9000 Rolls / 40 (Rolls/Can) = 225 Cans
225 Can x 5 Minutes = 1125 Minutes

Time to Process 300 Silver Dollar Slot Machines = (Time to Calibrate Scale) +
(Weigh and Record Each Bucket) + (Time to Wrap Each Roll) + (Time to Place
Rolls into Cans) + (Run Summary) + (Manually Verify Can Counts)
Time to Process 300 Silver Dollar Slot Machines = 10 Minutes + 2100 Minutes +
450 Minutes + 1125 Minutes + 5 Minutes + 450 Minutes = 4140 Minutes = 69
Hours
76.5 Hours-69 Hours = 7.5 Hours saved by the adding one additional wrapper
machine

Looking at what takes the most time in the process: Weighing. If the casino purchased an
additional weighing machine:

750 (Coins/Machine) / 25 (Per Roll) = 30 Rolls/Bucket

30 Rolls x 300 Machines = 9000 Rolls
3.5 Minutes x 300 Buckets = 1050 Minutes
9000 Rolls /20 Roll/Minute = 450 Minutes
9000 Rolls / 40 (Rolls/Can) = 225 Cans
225 Can x 5 Minutes = 1125 Minutes
10 Minutes + 1050 Minutes + 900 Minutes + 1125 Minutes + 5 Minutes + 450
Minutes = 3540 Minutes = 59 Hours
76.5 Hours - 59 Hours = 17.5 Hours saved by the adding one additional weighing
machine
It would be a larger savings to invest in a new weigh machine instead of a new wrapper
machine.