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Assembly Line Balancing Has Just Been Used to Solve a Product

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Assembly line balancing has just been used to solve a product layout problem. Two solutions look especially attractive to the plant managers. Both solutions make the same output per day, and both have the same number of workstations. The managers were going to break the tie by looking at line efficiency, but discovered that both lines had the same efficiency as well. Should they have been surprised at this? Explain.


Definitions:

Compression

This is a force or stress that reduces volume or shortens an object or material by pressing it together.

Tension

a force that stretches something, making it longer or tighter.

Shear

A strain in materials characterized by slippage along a plane or planes parallel to the imposed stress.

Confining Pressure

The pressure applied equally in all directions on a rock or sediment body usually due to the weight of overlying materials.

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