Ten workstations have two workers on opposite sides of the


Production rate for a certain assembled product is 47.5 units/hr. The total assembly work content time = 32 min of direct manual labor. The line operates at 95% uptime. Ten workstations have two workers on opposite sides of the line so that both sides of the product can be worked on simultaneously. The remaining stations have one worker. Repositioning time lost by each worker is 0.2 min/ cycle. It is known that the number of workers on the line is two more than the number required for perfect balance. Determine

(a) number of workers,

(b) number of workstations,

(c) the balancing efficiency, and (d) average manning level.

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