A company is designing a product layout for a new product. it plans to use this production line eight hours a day in order to meet projected demand of 480 units per day. The tasks necessary to produce this product are:
task :time(seconds) u : 30 v :30 w :6 x:12 y: 54 z:30
a. if the company wants the output rate to be equal to demand, what is the desired cycle time (in seconds)?
b. if the company wants the output rate to be equal to demand, what is the minimum number of workstations needed?
c. if the company wants the output rate to be equal to demand, what would be the efficiency of this line with the minimum number of workstations?