An Assembly Line with 28 Activities Is to Be Balanced

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Essay

An assembly line with 28 activities is to be balanced.The total amount of time required for all 28 activities is 39 minutes.The longest activity is 2.2 minutes and the shortest is 0.8 minutes.The line will operate for 450 minutes per day.Using a cycle time of 60 seconds, determine an assembly line balance by selecting the longest task available.Compute the total idle time, and assembly line efficiency.

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Definitions:

Assets

Resources owned or controlled by a business or individual that are expected to produce future economic benefits.

Liabilities

Liabilities represent the obligations or debts that a company owes to others, which must be settled through the transfer of economic benefits like cash or goods.

Adjusted Trial Balance

A list of all accounts and their balances after adjusting entries have been made, used to verify the balance of debits and credits.

Current Assets

Resources anticipated to be cashed in, disposed of, or utilized within a year or the standard operating period of the company.