Remarkable and Co. manufactures and assembles bicycles using six distinct work elements. Each workstation is managed by one employee. Remarkable would like to assemble eight bikes in each 10-hour shift.
Figure 6.17 details each work element and its associated durations in minutes as well as their precedence relationships.
a. What cycle time is required to satisfy the required output rate?
b. What is the minimum number of workstations required to maintain the output?
c. If Remarkable identifies a five-station solution, what is the associated efficiency and balance delay?
d. If the cycle time is increased by 100 percent, would the minimum number of workstations required also increase by 100 percent?

A 10 B 12 C 15 E 25 D 10 F 10