A Company Needs to Rebalance a Product Layout for Producing

question 88

Multiple Choice

A company needs to rebalance a product layout for producing new plastic license plates. They plan to use the assembly line six hours in order to meet projected demand of 2,160 license plates each day. The following table describes the tasks involved in the production of this product: $$\begin{array} { l l l } \text { Task } & \text { Time (secs) } & \text { Immediate Predecessor } \\\hline \mathrm { a } & 3 & \text { none } \\\mathrm { b } & 4 & \text { none } \\\mathrm { c } & 5 & \mathrm { a } , \mathrm { b } \\\mathrm { d } & 7 & \text { none } \\\mathrm { e } & 9 & \mathrm { c } , \mathrm { d }\end{array}$$ For output to equal projected demand, what will be the idle time at the second workstation of the assembly line that uses the minimum number of workstations?

• A) 0 seconds
• B) 1 second
• C) 2 seconds
• D) 3 seconds
• E) 5 seconds

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