Assembly-Line Balancing Problem-Table 1 Below
the Florida Appliance Company Is

question 23

Multiple Choice

Assembly-Line Balancing Problem-Table 1 below
The Florida Appliance Company is installing an assembly line to produce vacuum cleaners, and Patrick, as an operations manager, is responsible for balancing the line. The work elements to be performed are listed, along with their items and immediate predecessors.
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline\text { Work } && \text { Immediate } \\ \text { Element } & \text { Time }(s e c) & \text { Predecessor (s) }\\\hline\text { A } & 60 & -- \\B & 40 & \text { A } \\\text { C } & 30 & \text { B } \\\text { D } & 20 & \text { B } \\\text { E } & 40 & \text { B } \\\text { F } & 60 & \text { C } \\G & 70 & \text { D } \\H & 50 & \text { F, G } \\\text { I } & 20 & \text { E } \\J & 60 & \text { H, I }\\\hline\end{array}$
-Use the information in Table 1. The company is planning to operate 2 shifts per day, 8 hours per shift. If the desired output rate of the line is 480 units per day, what is the cycle time?

• A) 60 seconds
• B) 120 seconds
• C) 180 seconds
• D) 240 seconds

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