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This case builds on the case "Merck & Company: Product KL-798" by providing market uncertainties for the drug (drug quality, the presence of a competitor, market growth, and the time to the drug's release). Details and spreadsheets are provided for the calculation of net present values for the scenarios. There is an additional challenge of how to treat the several downstream decisions (using OptQuest, for example) and how to value the license opportunity.

Spreadsheet supplement for case UV0365.

This technical note defines and provides example calculations for certain process analysis concepts-capacity, bottleneck, cycle time, throughput time, Little's Law-relating inventory, throughput time, and throughput rate.