Management Wants to Design an Assembly Line That Will Turn

question 74

Essay

Management wants to design an assembly line that will turn out 800 videotapes per day. There will be eight working hours in each day. The industrial engineering staff has assembled the information below: $$\begin{array} { l c l } \text { Task } & \text { Time (min) } & \text { Immediate Predecessor } \\\hline \mathrm { a } & .2 & \text { none } \\\mathrm { b } & .2 & \text { a } \\\mathrm { c } & .4 & \text { none } \\\mathrm { d } & .1 & \text { none } \\\mathrm { e } & .3 & \mathrm { c } , \mathrm { d } \\\mathrm { f } & .2 & \mathrm {~b} , \mathrm { e } \\\mathrm { g } & .1 & \text { none } \\\mathrm { h } & .2 & \mathrm { f } , \mathrm { g } \\\mathrm { I } & .6 & \mathrm {~h}\end{array}$$ A) Determine the maximum and minimum cycle times.
B) Determine the optimum cycle time.
C) What is the minimum number of stations needed?
D) Draw the precedence diagram.
E) Assign tasks to stations in order of most following tasks first.

Analyze the role of employer associations and individual companies in collective bargaining outside North America.

Grasp the complexity of enforcing labor laws in Mexico.

Identify the impact of provincial labor laws on Canadian labor relations.

Evaluate the shift in Canadian unions towards American business unionism.

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Definitions:

Curvilinear

Pertains to something shaped or moving in curved lines.

Relevant Range

The range of activity within which the assumptions about fixed and variable cost behaviors hold true.

High-Low Method

An accounting method used to estimate the fixed and variable components of a cost based on the highest and lowest levels of activity.

Variable Maintenance Cost

Costs that change in proportion to the operational activity of a company, such as repairs and maintenance expenses that vary with usage.