A Production Line Is to Be Designed for a Job

question 108

Multiple Choice

A production line is to be designed for a job with three tasks.The task times are 0.5 minutes,1.8 minutes,and 1.1 minutes.If the necessary cycle time is 1.0 minutes per unit,what is the actual minimum number of workstations possible?

• A) 1
• B) 2
• C) 3
• D) 4
• E) None of the choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Deferred Tax Asset

An asset on a company's balance sheet that may be used to reduce future tax liability; it arises when a company has overpaid taxes or paid them in advance.

Wages Expense

An accounting term that refers to the total cost incurred by a company to pay its employees, recognized in the period employees perform the work.

Book Purposes

Refers to accounting methods and practices used to prepare financial statements for regulatory reporting, as opposed to tax calculations.

Interperiod Tax Allocation

An accounting technique that aims to match tax expenses with the revenues for the period in which they were earned, regardless of when taxes are paid.