Consider the Following Assembly Line Information for Manufacturing the Latest

question 57

Essay

Consider the following assembly line information for manufacturing the latest cell phone.
$$\begin{array} { c c c } \underline{\text { Task }} & \underline{ \text { The in minutes)} } & \underline{ \text { Predecessars} } \\\text { A } & 0.5 & \text { none } \\\text { B } & 0.4 & \text { A } \\\text { C } & 0.6 & \text { A } \\\text { D } & 0.2 & \text { B, C } \\\text { E } & 0.3 & \text { B } \\\text { F } & 0.7 & \text { E, D } \\\text { G } & 0.4 & \text { F, C }\end{array}$$ The firm wants to produce 80 cell phones per hour.
a.What is the required cycle time?
b.Balance the assembly line using your choice of balancing heuristic, with the goal of minimizing the number of workstations needed? Specify the tasks) assigned to each workstation.)
c.What is the efficiency of your assembly line?
d.Is this a good assembly line balancing solution? Explain. What do you recommend?

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