A Company Is Designing a Product Layout for a New

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Multiple Choice

A company is designing a product layout for a new product.It plans to use this production line eight hours a day in order to meet projected demand of 480 units per day.The tasks necessary to produce this product: If the company desires that output rate equal demand,what would the percentage idle time of this line be with the minimum number of workstations?

• A)0%
• B)7.5%
• C)1%
• D)12.5%
• E)10%

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