Consider the Following Assembly Line Information for Manufacturing the Latest

question 46

Essay

Consider the following assembly line information for manufacturing the latest cell phone in Table 2. The firm wants to produce 80 cell phones per hour.
Table 2
$\begin{array}{ccc}\text { Task } & \text { Time (n minutes) } & \text { Predecessor(s) } \\\text { A } & 0.5 & \text { none } \\\text { B } & 0.4 & \text { A } \\\text { C } & 0.6 & \text { A } \\\text { D } & 0.2 & \text { B, C } \\\text { E } & 0.3 & \text { B } \\\text { F } & 0.7 & \text { E, D } \\\text { G } & 0.4 & \text { F C }\end{array}$
-Is this a good assembly-line balancing solution? Explain. What do you recommend?

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