Assignment:
In order to meet holiday demand, Penny's Pie Shop requires a production line that is capable of producing 50 pecan pies per week, while operating only 40 hours per week. There are only 4 steps required to produce a single pecan pie with respective processing times of 5 min, 5 min, 45 min and 15 min.
A. What should be the line's cycle time ___minutes per pie.
b. What is the smallest number of workstations Penny could hope for in designing the line considering this cycle time?
c. Suppose that Penny finds a solution that requires 3 stations. What would be the efficiency of this line?