In Assembly-Line Balancing, the Theoretical Minimum Number of Workstations Is

question 52

Multiple Choice

In assembly-line balancing, the theoretical minimum number of workstations is:

• A) the ratio of the sum of all task times to cycle time.
• B) always (when a fraction) rounded upward to the next larger integer value.
• C) not always possible to reach when tasks are actually assigned to stations.
• D) all of these.
• E) none of these.

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Definitions:

Primary Group

A group with strong emotional ties and bonds that endure over time. This type of group tends to be more informal and intimate than other groups that individuals belong to. See also Secondary group.

Secondary Group

A group that is formal and impersonal, often organized around instrumental goals. See also Primary group.

Ethnocentrism

In intergroup relations, the tendency to regard one’s own group as the center of everything and to evaluate other groups in reference to it; the tendency to regard one’s in-group as superior to all out-groups.

Goal Isomorphism

The concept of having converging or similar objectives across different individuals, groups, or systems.