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. 2014 May 4;85:382–394. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.04.037

Table 2.

Entity 1 and time interval for soiled linens process after RFID.

No. of replications = 156
Average Confidence interval (95%)
Entity 1
Wait time 6068.83 (5813.14, 6355.39)
Transfer time 556.99 (556.98, 557.01)
Total time 125.8 (119.79, 137.01)
Number in 489.67 (463.0, 509.0)
Number out 457.5 (430.0, 473.0)
WIP 45.6579 (32.35, 59.39)
Soiled linens start time 263.43 (250.03,271.88)
Soiled linens stop time 307.66 (297.36, 318.71)
Actual time taken 44.23



Queue waiting time Average
Chute limit queue 25.354 (24.18, 27.32)
Open cage limit queue 41.228 (38.93, 47.65)
Transfer to open cage queue 0.766 (0.7661, 0.7673)
All other queues (allocate 1 & 2, metal cage limit) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)