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.

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