Questions : Management at Fullerton Media wants to design an assembly line that will turn out 800 videotapes per day. There will be 8 working hours in each day.
The industrial engineering staff has assembled the info below:
| Task |
Immediate Predecessor |
Time (min.) |
| a |
- |
0.2 |
| b |
a |
0.2 |
| c |
- |
0.4 |
| d |
- |
0.1 |
| e |
c,d |
0.3 |
| f |
b,e |
0.2 |
| g |
- |
0.1 |
| h |
f,g |
0.2 |
| i |
h |
0.5 |
1.What is the maximum cycle time? _____min (use 1 decimal place)
2.What is the minimum cycle time? _____min (use 1 decimal place)
3. Determine the appropriate cycle time based on the demand. _____min (use 1 decimal place)
4. What is the minimum number of stations possible? _____ workstations (the answer is an integer value)
5. Assign tasks to workstations using this rule: Assign tasks according to the greatest number of following tasks.
In case of a tie, use the tiebreaker of assigning the task with the longest processing time first. What is the efficiency of the line? _____ % (Use 1 decimal place, e.g. 12.3%, but type in only the number, e.g. 12.3, without the percentage symbol)