The desired daily output for an assembly line is 360 units. This assembly line will operate 450

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The desired daily output for an assembly line is 360 units. This assembly line will operate 450 minutes per day. The following table contains information on this product’s task times and precedence relationships:


The desired daily output for an assembly line is 360


a. Draw the precedence diagram.
b. What is the workstation cycle time required to produce 360 units per day?
c. Balance this line using the largest number of following tasks. Use the longest task time as a secondary criterion.
d. What is the efficiency of your line balance, assuming it is running at the cycle time from part(b)?

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

ISBN: 978-0078024023

14th edition

Authors: F. Robert Jacobs, Richard Chase

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