A Company Is Designing a Product Layout for a New

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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 are: $$\begin{array} { l l l } \text { Task } & \text { Time (secs) } & \text { Immediate Predecessor } \\\hline \mathrm { u } & 30 & \text { none } \\\mathrm { v } & 30 & \mathrm { u } \\\mathrm { w } & 6 & \mathrm { u } \\\mathrm { x } & 12 & \mathrm { w } \\\mathrm { y } & 54 & \mathrm { x } \\\mathrm { z } & 30 & \mathrm { v } , \mathrm { y }\end{array}$$ If the company wants the output rate to be equal to demand, what would be the efficiency of this line with the minimum number of workstations?

• A) 100 percent
• B) 92.5 percent
• C) 75 percent
• D) 87.5 percent
• E) 90 percent

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