An assembly line with 20 tasks is to be balanced. The line will operate for 8 hours (or 480 minutes) per day. The longest task is 2.4 minutes, and the total time for all tasks is 15 m inutes.
a. What is the maximum cycle time? 16,2.5,2.4, 15
b. What is the daily output rate when the system cycle time is the minimum cycle time? 180,200, 192, 240
c. What is the minimum number of workstations needed when the system cycle time is the minimum cycle time? 5, 6, 7, 8
d. What is the efficiency of this system after line balancing when the system cycle time is the minimum cycle time? 89.3, 95.2, 85.9, 91.4